The Seminole Freedmen A History |
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| Author:
| Mulroy, Kevin |
| Series title: | Race and Culture in the American West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-3865-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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Mulroy describes the freedmen's experiences as runaways from southern plantations, slaves of American Indians, participants in the Seminole Wars, and emigrants to the West. He then recounts their history during the Civil War, Reconstruction, enrollment and allotment under the Dawes Act, and early Oklahoma statehood. He also considers freedmen relations with Seminoles in Oklahoma during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Mulroy describes the freedmen's experiences as runaways from southern plantations, slaves of American Indians, participants in the Seminole Wars, and emigrants to the West. He then recounts their history during the Civil War, Reconstruction, enrollment and allotment under the Dawes Act, and early Oklahoma statehood. He also considers freedmen relations with Seminoles in Oklahoma during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.