{"product_id":"the-dawn-of-detroit-a-chronicle-of-slavery-and-freedom-in-the-city-of-the-straits-paperback","title":"The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTiya Miles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the American Book Award \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Merle Curti Social History Award \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the James A. Rawley Prize \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Zora Neale Hurston\/Richard Wright Legacy Award (Nonfiction) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the John Hope Franklin Prize \u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Harriet Tubman Prize \u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Cundill History Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eEditor's Choice selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If many Americans imagine slavery essentially as a system in which black men toiled on cotton plantations, Miles upends that stereotype several times over.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Miles] has compiled documentation that does for Detroit what the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Writers' Project slave narratives did for other regions, primarily the South.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Tiya Miles] is among the best when it comes to blending artful storytelling with an unwavering sense of social justice.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eMartha S. Jones in \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A necessary work of powerful, probing scholarship.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A book likely to stand at the head of further research into the problem of Native and African-American slavery in the north country.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the MacArthur genius grant winner, a beautifully written and revelatory look at the slave origins of a major northern American city\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book that opens the door on a completely hidden past, \u003cem\u003eThe Dawn of Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and elegantly written history, one that completely changes our understanding of slavery's American legacy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiya Miles\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of a 2011 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, and is an award-winning historian and former chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African studies at the University of Michigan. 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