Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage

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Summary: Simply written - an unscholarly work
Review: An interesting read, but ultimately lacking in scholarly depth. Read more than just this book.

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Summary: Book presents more questions than answers?
Review: An interesting read, but ultimately lacking in scholarly depth. Read more than just this book.

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Summary: Simply written - an unscholarly work
Review: Good topic - poorly written. Book is vague, covers many topics, although nothing is in depth. This book is probably good for middle school children and nothing more advanced.

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Summary: I'm Proud of My History
Review: I came across this book by accident while placing an order at a bookstore. I had requested a book that could not be ordered but was informed of "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage" as one to order. This book has answered many of my questions pertaining to the relationship of the Native and African-Americans. I've learned so much from reading this book what the schools never taught me. Therefore, I will make sure my childen, family, friends, and people whose path I briefly cross have the same opportunity to read and learn from this book as I have. I cannot express enough my appreciation for the author in writing this book for people like myself. I am more proud than ever of my Native and African-American heritage.

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Summary: What they don't teach in schools
Review: I first came across this book while visiting FoxWoods. It was the cover and topic that caught my eye.

The book was not written to be scholarly work. It was written to tell a part of history that is not taught in schools. I was impressed the author was about to pull together such an amount of information. I would think that there would be very little record written about African Americans and Native Indians nowadays.

Overall the book is a good introduction. More work needs to be done to expand this topic / genre.

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Summary: Hypocrisy and Racism
Review: Ironic, that an author who pays so much lip service to the evils of racism should write such prejudiced blather. Europeans in this book are eeeeeevil, greedy, lying, rapacious bigots. Blacks and Amerinds are noble, perfect, honorable, completely free of sexism, racism, etc. etc. etc. Add to that the ignorance he demonstrates with regard to Amerind tribes (and even how to spell US Marshal), and you have not only rank hypocrisy but slipshod scholarship. That non-Europeans have generally been slighted and ignored in 'mainstream' American history books is undeniable, but this book is worse than useless in rectifying that, burying nuggets of truth in an easily-dismissed slagpile of ignorance, rhetoric, and credulity.

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Summary: Excellent-A must read
Review: Reading this book showed me how skewed my historical training was in school. Consider yourself ignorant of key elements of American history until you have read this book. So many people think of the Indians as dead and gone, but as a proud descendant of both Native and African Americans, I know that many Indians blended with a sister culture and many traditions live on mingled together in the original melting pot of America.

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Summary: The real racial history of many Americans
Review: This important contribution to a long-overlooked subject is marred by a number of minor, but annoying factual errors. For example, Capt. John Smith used a *revolver* to order the people of Jamestown to work. That said, there are few other sources of information that address this issue, and if for his courage alone, Katz deserves our thanks

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Summary: A subject matter that deserves more analysis!
Review: William Loren Katz has created an excellent book dealing with one of the most misunderstood and least recognized subject matters in american history. His research has helped to shed light on how this relationship has helped to shape current day american culture and society. Little did I realize just how important the relationship between these two groups were. Both black and red peoples became allies in the struggle to gain freedom and equality while struggling to salvage traditional ways of living. I only hope that others will continue research into this most fascinating subject matter. Being a individual with both ancestry, I have been motivated to take an increased interest in conducting research into my own genealogy!