An act to define the status of freedmen and their descendants now resident in the Cherokee Nation and who were slaves in the country at the commencement of the rebellion, approximately 1881

Collection

Identifier: E99.C5-C42 1881z

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Scope and Contents

Handwritten document which seeks to establish that all freedmen who were resident in the Cherokee Nation at the commencement of the American Civil War and who were at that time slaves of any Cherokee or other citizen and were liberated by voluntary act or by law but who did not necessarily return to the Cherokee country within the time specified within the treaty of 1866, be granted the same rights and privileges as other adopted citizens of the Cherokee Nation. Although the document was written after 1880, and a possible date of 1881 has been given, it has not been possible to establish an exact date.

Dates

approximately 1881

Language of Materials

The papers are in English.

Access

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Use and Copyright

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