Race and the Cherokee Nation : sovereignty in the nineteenth century / Fay A. Yarbrough.

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Main Author: Yarbrough, Fay A.
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Cherokee people > Race identity.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Mixed descent.
African Americans > Relations with Indigenous peoples.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Slavery > Oklahoma > History.
Ex-slaves of Indigenous tribes > Southern States > History.
Ex-slaves of Indigenous tribes > Oklahoma > History.
Southern States > Race relations.
Oklahoma > Race relations.
Physical Description:x, 184 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A moment of inclusion : Molley
  • Racial ideology in transition : Shoe Boots
  • The 1855 Marriage Law : racial lines harden
  • The Civil War : a missed opportunity
  • The Cherokee freedmen's story : the Boles family
  • Indian slavery and memory : interracial sex from the slaves' perspective
  • The fight for recognition continues : Lucy Allen.