The Griersons -- "My negro woman Judah": William's decision -- Race and removal : Katy's compromise -- Separate paths : Katy and William in the antebellum Creek nation -- "It is negros that we are killing now": the Graysons' civil war -- Northern Indians and negro slaves : Wash and the politics of reconstruction -- Hardship and opportunity : the fortunes of Emma, Vicey, and Wash -- Divided by blood : The Graysons and the end of the Creek nation -- Wash in the age of progress -- The Graysons in a black and white world
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-290) and index
Notes
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