A thrilling sketch of the life of the distinguished Chief Okah Tubbee
Subtitle: alias, Wm. Chubbee, son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians
By: by L.L. Allen
Contributors: Allen, L. L. (Lewis Leonidas); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Choctaw Indians; Biography; History; Indians of North America; Social life and customs; Indian slaves; Slavery; Treatment of Indians
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Description: Okah Tubbee (b. 1810 or 11), whose name means Big Chief, was kidnapped in infancy and brought up as a negro slave in Natchez, Mississippi. A brief description of the Choctaw nation and its history introduces the narrative. Tubbee's childhood is then discussed, with a particular focus on how he was treated by the slave woman who raised him, as well as his constant confusion regarding his origins. Tubbee's desire to learn the facts of how he came to be enslaved drives much of the narrative, as do his travels around the Deep South and his various professions, particularly performing and teaching music.
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Transcribed from photocopy of: A thrilling sketch of the life of the distinguished Chief Okah Tubbee : alias, Wm. Chubbee, son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians / by Rev. L.L. Allen. New York : [s.n.], 1848. 43 p. "This thrilling and deeply interesting sketch will be continued in forthcoming numbers, and presented to the public in a neat and interesting form, from Cameron's Steam Power Presses."--P. 43.

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