African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizens (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) Personal Memoirs "--Town & Country

"--Town & Country

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lock Down Publications (January 10

They even had the same patron: Charlotte Osgood Mason

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496731123

Size: 11" x 14"Artist: Ronny Myles

African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizens (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) Personal Memoirs "--Town & CountryForcibly 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 African Cherokees from the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma's entry into the Union in 1907. Carefully extracting the voices of former slaves from interviews and