Cherokee Freedmen Native American

In the 1800's the Cherokee Native Americans acquired African American slaves. In the 1830 African American slaves moved to Oklahoma with the Native Cherokee. After the Civil War the Cherokee Natives signed a treaty granting former slaves and freedmen the same rights as the Cherokee Natives.


Cherokee Freedmen Debate

My Rights a Cherokee Freedmen

Some of the surnames of the Cherokee Freedmen include:

• Adams
• Adair
• Alberty
• Alrid
• Aldrich
• Alberty
• Allen
• Anderson
• Baker
• Beck
• Benge
• Bean
• Evans
• Filds
• Ford

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Cherokee Freedmen surnames