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Slavery in the Cherokee Nation : the Keetoowah Society and the defining of a people, 1855-1867  Cover Image E-book E-book

Slavery in the Cherokee Nation : the Keetoowah Society and the defining of a people, 1855-1867 / by Patrick N. Minges.

Summary:

Annotation 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0203496752
  • ISBN: 9780203496756
  • ISBN: 9780415945868
  • ISBN: 0415945860
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages)
  • Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Red, White, and Black in the Old South -- chapter 2 "Civilization" and Its Discontents -- chapter 3 The Birth and Growth of the Keetoowah Society -- chapter 4 "Between Two Fires" -- chapter 5 "So Laudable an Enterprise" -- chapter 6 "The Most Sacred Obligations."
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Keetoowah Society.
Keetoowah Society.
Cherokee Indians > Societies, etc.
Cherokee Indians > Ethnic identity.
Secret societies > Oklahoma > History.
African Americans > Relations with Indians.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Slavery > Oklahoma > History.
Ex-slaves of Indian tribes > Oklahoma.
HISTORY.
African Americans > Relations with Indians.
Cherokee Indians > Ethnic identity.
Ex-slaves of Indian tribes.
Secret societies.
Slavery.
Oklahoma.
Southern States.
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.


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