Explore accounts of Oklahoma\'s Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.
Angela Walton-raji has compiled this collection of stories, told by descendants from all Five tribes, to ensure that the Freedmen of Oklahoma claim their vibrant part of the state\'s heritage..
For decades, their descendants have been rediscovering their family history and restoring its place in the larger narrative.
By 1906, before Oklahoma statehood, over 20,000 people were classified as Freedmen from Five Tribes: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole Nations.
After the official abolition of slavery in 1866, they forged an identity as their own people as they faced the challenges of the western frontier.
The Freedmen of Oklahoma were black people, both enslaved and free, who had been living among the Indian nations.
Explore accounts of Oklahoma\'s Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier
