A review by kellsworth41918
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles

5.0

As Black person born and raised in Windsor, Ontario Canada, a descendent of those who travelled on the Underground Railroad from the southern United States this book was refreshing. This well researched book about the saga of slavery is welcomed. Too often Northern States and Canada whitewash the history of enslavement by using the Underground Railroad as the exemplar of that region. Canada had enslavement. Northern states had enslavement. This needs to be truthfully spoken about more. Those Indigenous and Black enslaved lives matter and need to be acknowledged and celebrated. Thank you to the author for providing an important perspective of the fluid border between Windsor/Sandwich and Detroit.