Dawn of Detroit : a chronicle of bondage and freedom in the city of the straits
Record details
- ISBN: 1541411021
- ISBN: 9781541411029
- ISBN: 9781541411029
- ISBN: 1541411021
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Physical Description:
9 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. Compact discs. In container (17 cm.). |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Allyson Johnson. |
Summary, etc.: | Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest's iconic city: Detroit. In this richly researched and eye-opening book, Miles has pieced together the experience of the unfree-both native and African American-in the frontier outpost of Detroit, a place wildly remote yet at the center of national and international conflict. Skillfully assembling fragments of a distant historical record, Miles introduces new historical figures and unearths struggles that remained hidden from view until now. The result is fascinating history, little explored and eloquently told, of the limits of freedom in early America, one that adds new layers of complexity to the story of a place that exerts a strong fascination in the media and among public intellectuals, artists, and activists. A book that opens the door on a completely hidden past, The Dawn of Detroit is a powerful and elegantly written history, one that completely changes our understanding of slavery's American legacy. |
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Subject: | Detroit (Mich.) History 18th century Detroit (Mich.) History 19th century Detroit (Mich.) Race relations Slavery Michigan |
Genre: | Audiobooks. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | A-BKCD 977.43401 MIL (Text) | 34005126110773 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |