The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship amoung our country's original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of these Native- and African-American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty. For twenty-five years, William Loren Katz's Black Indians has remained the definitive work on their long, arduous quest for freedom. Now his compelling account, meticulously researched and documented with rare antique prints and photographs, is available in this anniversary edition that includes brand-new information of this neglected chapter in American history.