Slavery in the Cherokee Nation
Subtitle: the Keetoowah Society and the Defining of a People
Series: Studies in African American history and culture; Studies in African American history and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780203496756
Subjects: Cherokee Indians; Secret societies; African Americans; Slavery; Ex-slaves of Indian tribes
Description: This work explores the dynamic issues of race and religion within the Cherokee Nation and to look at the role of secret societies in shaping these forces during the nineteenth century.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Red, White, and Black in the Old South; ~Civilization~ and Its Discontents; The Birth and Growth of the Keetoowah Society; ~Between Two Fires~; ~So Laudable an Enterprise~; ~The Most Sacred Obligations~; Conclusion: Identity and Ideology; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.