Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Journal Article

Negro Slaves of the Five Civilized Tribes

Michael F. Doran
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep., 1978), pp. 335-350
Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Association of American Geographers
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2561972
Page Count: 16

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Topics: Native Americans, Slaves, African Americans, Tribal nations, African American culture, Territories, White people, Slave ownership, Immigration
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Negro Slaves of the Five Civilized Tribes
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Abstract

A relatively large number of negro slaves were owned by the Five Civilized Tribes before the American Civil War. Slaves were introduced while the Tribes still maintained their homelands east of the Mississippi River; after removal to the Indian Territory with their masters, the slaves formed an isolated labor pool for the entrepreneurial element of the Tribes. Slave-holding among the Indians maintained a form quite similar to that in the Old South, as the idea of slaving was transferred almost intact to the Indian society from the Southerners.
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