Katz explores the little-told story of Black Indians--people with dual African and Native American ancestry or African Americans who lived primarily with Native Americans.
This new edition features a new cover and includes updated information about a neglected chapter in American history..
Since its original publication, William Loren Katz\'s Black Indians has remained the definitive work on a long, arduous quest for freedom and equality.
Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native and African American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty.
There, Black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country\'s original inhabitants.
The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages.
The compelling teen nonfiction account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America.
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Using fascinating biographies and detailed research, he creates a chronology of this Hidden Heritage during the settlement of the American West.
Katz explores the little-told story of Black Indians--people with dual African and Native American ancestry or African Americans who lived primarily with Native Americans
