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Members of five Native American nations, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations (Known as the Five Tribes), owned black slaves. Then located outside the territorial boundaries of the US in a region known as Indian Territory (Modern-day Oklahoma), these sovereign nations were not affected by proclamations or constitutional amendments. Source 4b.
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Did Native Americans Have Black Slaves? (Hover)
Did the natives really have them as slaves or our concept of slavery or as part of their family only that they helped out to 'pay' for their stay?
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