Freedmen_(ethnic_group)

Freedmen (ethnic group)

Freedmen (ethnic group)

Descendants of people of African descent who were enslaved

The term Freedmen refers to descendants of people of African American descent who were enslaved by the Five Civilized Tribes.[1][2] (They often overlap with those who are descended from those enslaved African descendants who voluntarily joined the Seminole nation, including those who fled from the Seminole Nation, when it adopted the practice of slavery, to Mexico, today known as Mascogos.[citation needed])

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Regarding Freedmen, both enslaved and free, who were amongst these tribes, they, too, were forcibly deported alongside members of the tribes from the now-Southeastern United States westward to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Miller, Ken (27 July 2022). "Oklahoma-based tribes say followed rules on Freedmen rights". AP News. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    Reese, Linda. "Freedmen". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Freedmen History". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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