The Freedmen of Indian Territory

The Slave Narratives of Indian Territory

As an historian specializing in Southeastern American Indian's I constantly get asked questions about Indian Freedman and where can people find information about them. Below I have links to some real life narratives of Southeastern Indian Freedman and Freedwomen. For more valuable information about African/Indians try the following website.

www.African-NativeAmerican.com

Here are the narratives

Polly Colbert - Choctaw Freedwoman
Frances Banks - Choctaw Freedwoman

Johnson Thompson -            Cherokee Freedman
Victoria Taylor Thompson
Lucinda Vann -                     Cherokee Freedwoman
Rachel Aldrich Ward -         Cherokee Freedwoman
Joe Bean -                             Cherokee Freedman
Nancy Rogers Bean -            Cherokee Freedwoman
John Field -                           Cherokee Freedman
Chaney McNair -                  Cherokee Freedwoman
Cornelius Neely Nave -         Cherokee Freedman
Patsy Perryman -                  Cherokee Freedwoman
Phyllis Petite -                       Cherokee Freedwoman
Sarah Wilson -                      Cherokee Freedwoman
Chaney Richardson -            Cherokee Freedwoman
Betty Robertson -                  Cherokee Freedwoman
Morris Sheppard -                Cherokee Freedman
Milton Starr -                        Cherokee Freedman

Henry Clay -                          Creek Freedman
J. W. Stinnett -                      Creek Freedman
Lucinda Davis -                     Creek Freedwoman
Mary Grayson -                     Creek Freedwoman
Nellie Johnson -                     Creek Freedwoman
Phoebe Banks -                      Creek Freedwoman

Kiziah Love -                         Chickasaw Freedwoman
Matilda Poe -                         Chickasaw Freedwoman
Mary Lindsay -                      Chickasaw Freedwoman

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