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Seeking freedom in Indian country : slavery, sovereignty, and resistance within the Five Tribes, 1790-1861 /

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel's Seeking Freedom in Indian Country is the first comprehensive study of African chattel slavery within the Five Tribes, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole Nations. Oertel examines how chattel slavery functioned among all Five Tribes before a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2026].
Subjects:
African Americans > Relations with Indigenous peoples > History.
African Americans > Indian Territory > History.
Slavery > Indian Territory > History.
Indian Territory > Race relations > History.
Table of Contents:
  • "Stop the Runaway Slave"
  • "Cotton Wars" : Slavery, Sovereignty, and Violence in Indian Country
  • "Nothing Short of Bloodshed" : Rebellion and Removal to Indian Territory
  • "Past Managing" : Rebuilding and Resisting Slavery in Indian Territory
  • "A Harbor for Runaway Slaves" : The Underground Railroad in Indian Territory
  • "We Have Much to Fear" : Bleeding Kansas and Bleeding Indian Territory
  • "We All Free Now"
  • "This Is What Mvskoke Law Demands."