Ties That Bind The Story of an Afro Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom American Crossroads 1st Edition by Tiya Miles ISBN 0520250028 978-0520250024

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ISBN 10: 0520250028

ISBN 13: 978-0520250024

Author: Tiya Miles

  This beautifully written book tells the haunting saga of a quintessentially American family. It is the story of Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late 1790s. Over the next thirty years, Shoe Boots and Doll lived together as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history—including slavery, the Creek War, the founding of the Cherokee Nation and subsequent removal of Native Americans along the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War. This is the gripping story of their lives, in slavery and in freedom.

Meticulously crafted from historical and literary sources, Ties That Bind vividly portrays the members of the Shoeboots family. Doll emerges as an especially poignant character, whose life is mostly known through the records of things done to her—her purchase, her marriage, the loss of her children—but also through her moving petition to the federal government for the pension owed to her as Shoe Boots’s widow. A sensitive rendition of the hard realities of black slavery within Native American nations, the book provides the fullest picture we have of the myriad complexities, ironies, and tensions among African Americans, Native Americans, and whites in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Ties That Bind The Story of an Afro Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom American Crossroads 1st Table of contents:

ntroduction

• The Intersection of African American and Native American Histories

• Overview of the Afro-Cherokee Family’s Story

• The Importance of Family in Defining Identity and Resistance

Part I: Roots of the Family

1. The Origins of the Afro-Cherokee Family

   • The Complex History of Cherokee and African Relations

   • The Role of Slavery in Cherokee Society

   • Early Generations of Afro-Cherokee Families and Their Struggles

2. Slavery and Native American Relations

   • The Impact of European Colonization on Cherokee and African American Lives

   • The Introduction of African Slaves to the Cherokee Nation

   • Interactions Between Africans, Cherokees, and European Settlers

3. Cultural Identity and Belonging

   • African Traditions and Cherokee Cultural Practices

   • Family, Kinship, and Identity in the Afro-Cherokee Context

   • Tensions Between Enslaved Africans and Free Cherokees

Part II: The Struggles for Freedom

4. Resistance to Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

   • The Experiences of Enslaved Africans in Cherokee Households

   • Acts of Rebellion and the Pursuit of Freedom

   • Legal and Social Struggles for the Abolition of Slavery in Native American Territory

5. The Trail of Tears and Its Impact

   • The Forced Removal of the Cherokee People

   • Afro-Cherokee Families’ Experiences During the Trail of Tears

   • Displacement, Survival, and the Loss of Land and Identity

6. Slavery, Emancipation, and the Civil War

   • The Role of Afro-Cherokee Families in the Civil War

   • The Changing Status of Enslaved African Americans in Cherokee Territory

   • Emancipation and Its Aftermath for Afro-Cherokee Families

Part III: Reconstruction and New Identities

7. Post-Civil War: The Fight for Rights and Recognition

   • Reconstruction and Its Impact on Native American and African American Relations

   • The Fight for Citizenship for Afro-Cherokee Descendants

   • Legal and Political Struggles in the Post-War Era

8. Reconstruction, Race, and Memory

   • Shifting Notions of Race and Identity After the Civil War

   • The Legacy of Slavery and Freedom in Afro-Cherokee Communities

   • Remembering and Narrating Family History in a Changing America

9. Modern-Day Reflections and Legacy

   • The Contemporary Afro-Cherokee Experience

   • Exploring the Legacy of African and Native American Ancestry

   • The Continued Struggle for Racial Justice and Recognition

Conclusion

• Reflection on the Power of Family Bonds and Cultural Resilience

• The Complexities of Identity and the Role of History in Shaping the Present

• The Significance of Afro-Cherokee Family Narratives in American History

Appendices

• Appendix A: Genealogical Information on the Afro-Cherokee Family

• Appendix B: Historical Documents and Letters Related to the Afro-Cherokee Family

• Appendix C: Glossary of Terms and Key Figures

• Suggested Further Reading

• Index

 

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