New Scholarship from Circe Strum on the Cherokee Freedmen

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Here. Abstract: Despite a treaty in 1866 between the Cherokee Nation and the federal government granting them full tribal citizenship, Cherokee Freedmen-the descendants of African American slaves to the Cherokee, as well as of children born from unions between African … Continue reading →

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