Black, White, and Indian
Race and the Unmaking of an American Family

Focusing on five generations from 1780 to 1920, this book illustrates how Indians disowned their black relatives to survive in the shadow of the expanding American republic. It contains interludes that illuminate how this issue has continued to be a politically explosive one for modern-day Indians.

Claudio Saunt gives us not only a remarkable saga in its own right but one that illustrates the centrality of race in the American experience.