Saunt, Claudio.

Black, white, and Indian race and the unmaking of an American family / [electronic resource] : Claudio Saunt. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xii, 300 p.) : ill., maps, ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This tells the story of a Native American family with a long kept secret: one branch is of African descent. Focusing on five generations from 1780 to 1920, Saunt shows how Indians disowned their black relatives to survive in the shadow of the expanding American republic.

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Grayson family.


Creek Indians--History--Sources.
Creek Indians--Mixed descent.
Creek Indians--Genealogy.
Blacks--Relations with Indians.--Southern States
Whites--Relations with Indians.--Southern States
Interracial marriage--History.--Southern States


Southern States--Genealogy.

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