{"product_id":"the-dawn-of-detroit-a-chronicle-of-slavery-and-freedom-in-the-city-of-the-straits-9781620974810","title":"The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits","description":"\u003cb\u003e2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Co-Winner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2018 John Hope Franklin Prize Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2018 Zora Neale Hurston\/Richard Wright Legacy Award (Nonfiction) Winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2018 American Book Award Winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2018 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2018 Merle Curti Social History Award Winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 James A. Rawley Prize Co-Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\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--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning, nationally celebrated account of the slave origins of a major northern city\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant paradigm-shifting book that \"transports the reader back to the eighteenth century and brings to life a multiracial community that began in slavery\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Dawn of Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e reveals for the first time that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest's iconic city. Hailed by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e in a starred review as \"a necessary work of powerful, probing scholarship,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Dawn of Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e meticulously uncovers the experience of the unfree--both native and African American--in a place wildly remote yet at the center of national and international conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiya Miles has skillfully assembled fragments of a distant historical record, introducing new historical figures and unearthing struggles that remained hidden from view until now. \"In her eloquent account,\" the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e declared, \"Miles conjures up a city of stark disparity and lives quashed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA message from the past for our troubled present, \u003cem\u003eThe Dawn of Detroit\u003c\/em\u003e is \"an outstanding contribution that seeks to integrate the entirety of U.S. history, admirable and ugly, to offer a more holistic understanding of the country\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620974810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Tiya Miles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662592209052,"sku":"9781620974810","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e9cb97e6-38f2-4cdc-8a23-b156052a9a1d.jpg?v=1603902228","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dawn-of-detroit-a-chronicle-of-slavery-and-freedom-in-the-city-of-the-straits-9781620974810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}