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== Background == |
== Background == |
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In the 1830s and 1840s, the United States government forcibly removed the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] including the Cherokee from their lands in [[Southern United States|The South]] to the designated [[Indian Territory]] west of the [[Mississippi River]]. The tribes brought with them practices learned from white settlers, which included [[slavery]]. Slaves, owned by the tribes were also transported. The Cherokee nation was the largest slave holding of the nations with over fifteen hundred.<ref name= OKS<{{cite web| http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SL003.html|title= SLAVERY | accessdate = November 14, 2010}}</ref> Mixed-blood Indians, the offspring of white traders and frontiersmen who married Indian women, were the principal slaveholders in the tribes, largely because their fathers had taught them the economics of slavery. <ref name= Atb>{{cite web|url = http://artburton.com/articles/cherokee_revolt.htm|title= CHEROKEE SLAVE REVOLT OF 1842 | accessdate = October 31, 2010}}</ref> |
In the 1830s and 1840s, the United States government forcibly removed the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] including the Cherokee from their lands in [[Southern United States|The South]] to the designated [[Indian Territory]] west of the [[Mississippi River]]. The tribes brought with them practices learned from white settlers, which included [[slavery]]. Slaves, owned by the tribes were also transported. The Cherokee nation was the largest slave holding of the nations with over fifteen hundred.<ref name= OKS<{{cite web| url = http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SL003.html|title= SLAVERY | accessdate = November 14, 2010}}</ref> Mixed-blood Indians, the offspring of white traders and frontiersmen who married Indian women, were the principal slaveholders in the tribes, largely because their fathers had taught them the economics of slavery. <ref name= Atb>{{cite web|url = http://artburton.com/articles/cherokee_revolt.htm|title= CHEROKEE SLAVE REVOLT OF 1842 | accessdate = October 31, 2010}}</ref> |
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At the time of the slave revolt the Cherokee nation was suffering from dissent about the legitimacy of the [[John Ross (Cherokee_chief) #Ross versus the Ridge Party|Ross Party ]] |
At the time of the slave revolt the Cherokee nation was suffering from dissent about the legitimacy of the [[John Ross (Cherokee_chief) #Ross versus the Ridge Party|Ross Party ]] |
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The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation occurred when a group of African-American slaves owned by the Cherokee escaped tried and to reach Mexico where slavery was outlawed. They killed two pursuers at one point, but were later captured without resistance. Five of them were later executed.
Background
In the 1830s and 1840s, the United States government forcibly removed the Five Civilized Tribes including the Cherokee from their lands in The South to the designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. The tribes brought with them practices learned from white settlers, which included slavery. Slaves, owned by the tribes were also transported. The Cherokee nation was the largest slave holding of the nations with over fifteen hundred.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
At the time of the slave revolt the Cherokee nation was suffering from dissent about the legitimacy of the Ross Party
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