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Introduction

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xv
  5. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xxvii
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. PART ONE. Bone of My Bone: Slavery, Race, and Nation—East
  9. ONE. Captivity 9
  10. TWO. Slavery 25
  11. THREE. Motherhood 44
  12. FOUR. Property 64
  13. FIVE. Christianity 85
  14. SIX. Nationhood 100
  15. SEVEN. Gold Rush 129
  16. PART TWO. Of Blood and Bone Freedom, Kinship, and Citizenship—West
  17. EIGHT. Removal 145
  18. NINE. Capture 162
  19. TEN. Freedom 179
  20. EPILOGUE. Citizenship 191
  21. CODA: The Shoeboots Family Today 204
  22. APPENDIX ONE. Research Methods and Challenges 207
  23. APPENDIX TWO. Definition and Use of Terms 214
  24. APPENDIX THREE. Cherokee Names and Mistaken Identities 216
  25. APPENDIX FOUR. Primary Sources for Further Study 219
  26. NOTES 281
  27. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 335
  28. INDEX 355
  29. AMERICAN CROSSROADS 369
Ties That Bind
This chapter is in the book Ties That Bind
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520961029-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xv
  5. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xxvii
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. PART ONE. Bone of My Bone: Slavery, Race, and Nation—East
  9. ONE. Captivity 9
  10. TWO. Slavery 25
  11. THREE. Motherhood 44
  12. FOUR. Property 64
  13. FIVE. Christianity 85
  14. SIX. Nationhood 100
  15. SEVEN. Gold Rush 129
  16. PART TWO. Of Blood and Bone Freedom, Kinship, and Citizenship—West
  17. EIGHT. Removal 145
  18. NINE. Capture 162
  19. TEN. Freedom 179
  20. EPILOGUE. Citizenship 191
  21. CODA: The Shoeboots Family Today 204
  22. APPENDIX ONE. Research Methods and Challenges 207
  23. APPENDIX TWO. Definition and Use of Terms 214
  24. APPENDIX THREE. Cherokee Names and Mistaken Identities 216
  25. APPENDIX FOUR. Primary Sources for Further Study 219
  26. NOTES 281
  27. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 335
  28. INDEX 355
  29. AMERICAN CROSSROADS 369
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