The Cherokee freedmen : from emancipation to American citizenship /

The Cherokee freedmen : from emancipation to American citizenship /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Littlefield, Daniel F.
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1978.
Description:	xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contributions in Afro-American and African studies no. 40 Contributions in Afro-American and African studies no. 40
Subject:	Cherokee Indians -- Slaves, Ownership of. African Americans -- Indian Territory -- Relations with Indians. Indians of North America -- Indian Territory -- Slaves, Ownership of. Freedmen -- Indian Territory. African Americans -- Relations with Indians. Cherokee Indians. Ex-slaves of Indian tribes. Slaveholders. Oklahoma -- Indian Territory. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/217798

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0313204136 : $18.95
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [259]-265.

Description
Summary:	Littlefield unravels the complex history of the demise of the Cherokee nation. In overwhelming detail he reconstructs the nation's 40 year struggle to define the social, political, and legal status of the freed blacks among them. The freedmen issue led to federal intervention on behalf of the blacks, which eroded the nation's autonomy; it exhausted the nation's resources; it bred division among the Cherokees; and it persuaded white Americans that the Cherokees had no special claim to Indian land or governmental favors.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. [259]-265.
ISBN:	0313204136