Race and the Cherokee Nation
Subtitle: sovereignty in the nineteenth century
By: Fay A. Yarbrough
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780812240566
Subjects: Cherokee Indians -- Race identity; Indians of North America -- Mixed descent; African Americans -- Relations with Indians; Slavery -- Southern States -- History; Slavery -- Oklahoma -- History; Ex-slaves of Indian tribes -- Southern States -- History; Ex-slaves of Indian tribes -- Oklahoma -- History; Southern States -- Race relations; Oklahoma -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: A moment of inclusion : Molley; title: Racial ideology in transition : Shoe Boots; title: The 1855 Marriage Law : racial lines harden; title: The Civil War : a missed opportunity; title: The Cherokee freedmen's story : the Boles family; title: Indian slavery and memory : interracial sex from the slaves' perspective; title: The fight for recognition continues : Lucy Allen