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Enslaved on the Trail of Tears : race, removal and the transformation of Indian territory / Terry J. Ligon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ligon, Terry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--United States--Relations with Indigenous peoples.
- Black people.
- Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
- Indian Removal, 1813-1903.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "A Harrowing Heritage of Resilience Beginning in the 1820s, Indian removal saw scores of families of African descent forced west alongside the so-called Five Civilized Tribes. The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Nations all brought their own slaves on the arduous, obligatory journey. These tribes demonstrated shared patterns--including Native women enslavers--as well as important distinctions. Seminole records more frequently preserved the names of their enslaved, reflecting resistance to removal and the central role of Black Seminoles. But enslaved people were present at every stage of removal, even when misclassified or omitted entirely from official records. Power operated differently within each tribe. Gender shaped vulnerability and authority. Enslavement and forced migration reconfigured tribal societies during one of the most traumatic periods in their histories. Drawing on oral accounts and extensive documentation, Terry J. Ligon’s unique scholarship restores voice and lineage to the remarkable survival of those carried west in bondage on the Trail of Tears."-- Page [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Choctaw 1830 Census: a counting of human bondage
- Choctaw removal
- The Cherokee Nation
- The Chickasaw removal
- Women, power, and the human cost of removal
- Cherokee women: survivors and enslavers on the trail
- Creek (Muscogee) women and the legacy of slavery
- Muscogee/Creek removal
- Seminole removal
- Those who served, so all could be free
- Appendices
- Notes.
- ISBN:
- 9781467171540
- 9781540299390
- 1540299392
- 1467171549
- OCLC:
- 1563990896
- Publisher Number:
- 90104618794
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