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Author:

Naylor, Celia E.

Title:

African Cherokees in Indian territory : from chattel to citizens / Celia E. Naylor.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xii, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cherokee Indians--History--19th century.
Cherokee Indians--Mixed descent.
Cherokee Indians--Kinship.
Indian slaves--Oklahoma--History--19th century.
African Americans--Oklahoma.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Kinship.
Blacks--Oklahoma--Relations with Indians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-341) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

ISBN:

0807858838 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807858837 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807832030 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807832035 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)181142299

LCCN:

2007048563

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)