Black, white, and Indian [electronic resource] : race and the unmaking of an American family / Claudio Saunt.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 1 online resource (xii, 300 p.) : ill., maps, ports.ISBN: 9780199788972 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Grayson family | Creek Indians -- History -- Sources | Creek Indians -- Mixed descent | Creek Indians -- Genealogy | Blacks -- Southern States -- Relations with Indians | Whites -- Southern States -- Relations with Indians | Interracial marriage -- Southern States -- History | Southern States -- GenealogyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195176315DDC classification: 929.20890597385073 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.