Tiya Miles Books in Order

Tiya Miles traces the family of Cherokee warrior Shoe Boots and Doll, an enslaved African woman. Their children’s and grandchildren’s experiences reveal the complicated relationships among slavery, Cherokee nationhood, forced removal and the struggle for freedom.

Tiya Miles reconstructs the history of Diamond Hill, the Georgia plantation established by Cherokee chief James Vann. Following its communities, dispossession and restoration, she examines slavery and the relationships among Cherokee, Black and white residents on the southern frontier.

Exploring Southern ghost tours, Tiya Miles examines how stories about enslaved people become commercial entertainment. Visits to plantations, grand houses and cemeteries reveal the ways supernatural narratives distort slavery’s history and preserve comforting myths about the Old South.

Three women visiting a former Cherokee plantation in Georgia discover a diary exposing its intertwined Indigenous and Black histories. Guided by a lingering spirit, their research forces each to confront assumptions about heritage, ownership and her own family’s past.

Tiya Miles reconstructs the experiences of enslaved Native and African American people in early Detroit. Fragmentary records reveal how slavery shaped the frontier settlement, challenging familiar accounts that locate American bondage chiefly in the South.

Tiya Miles explores how outdoor experiences shaped women who challenged American society. From Harriet Tubman’s knowledge of the land to Indigenous athletes and civil-rights organizers, these histories connect nature, physical confidence and resistance to racial and gender restrictions.

Tiya Miles examines Harriet Tubman’s inner life, spiritual beliefs and relationship with the natural world. Placing her alongside other enslaved Black women’s experiences, this biography seeks the human life beneath the familiar image of an almost supernatural liberator.