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African Cherokees in Indian Territory : From Chattel to Citizens /

Forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1830s, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians brought their African-descended slaves with them along the Trail of Tears and resettled in Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Celia E. Naylor vividly charts the experiences of enslaved and free...

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Autor principal: Naylor, Celia E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • On the run in antebellum Indian territory
  • Day-to-day resistance to the peculiar institution and the struggle to remain free in the antebellum Cherokee nation
  • Conceptualizing and constructing African Indian racial and cultural identities in antebellum Indian territory
  • Trapped in the turmoil : a divided Cherokee nation and the plight of enslaved African Cherokees during the Civil War era
  • Cherokee freedpeople's struggle for recognition and rights during reconstruction
  • Contested common ground : landownership, race politics, and segregation on the eve of statehood.