The compelling account of how two heritages united within their battle to gain freedom and equality in the us.

The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, dark men and women found approval and friendship among our country’s unique inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the kids of Local- and African-American relationships helped shape the early times of the hair trade, added a fresh dimensions to frontier diplomacy, and produced a daring contribution towards the combat for American liberty.

Since its original publication, William Loren Katz’s Black Indians has continued to be the definitive focus on an extended, arduous search for freedom and equality. This new edition includes up to date information about a neglected chapter in American background.