The dawn of Detroit
2017·352 pages
A revelatory history of slavery's central role in early Detroit, challenging myths of the North as a haven of freedom.
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A revelatory history of slavery's central role in early Detroit, challenging myths of the North as a haven of freedom.
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Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner of the American Book Award Winner of the Merle Curti Social History Award Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize Winner of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award (Nonfiction) Finalist for the John Hope Franklin Prize Finalist for the Harriet Tubman Prize Finalist for the Cundill History Prize A New York Times Editor's Choice selection "If many Americans imagine slavery essentially as a system in which black men toiled on cotton plantati...
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will contain mild spoilers
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Violence & gore
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Minor mentions of historical violence related to slavery.
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Minor references to religion in historical context.
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Central focus on social and racial justice in historical context.
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Abuse & suffering
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Frequent focus on slavery, systemic oppression, and suffering.
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