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Podcast: Curious Cousins OK Podcast
Episode: Ep 68 Native Freedmen
Description: Hey cousins! This week, Tiff tackles a topic that was “news” to her; Native Freedmen. A freedman is a term used to refer to African-American men and women who were former slaves. This included enslaved people of the Native American tribes, in Oklahoma, before and after the American Civil War. The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations all held enslaved Africans and were required to emancipate their slaves and offer them citizenship in their tribes after the Civil War. These Native Freedmen were to be given full rights as Native citizens. However, many freedmen faced discrimination and challenges in o...