Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830-1977
by
Katherine M. B. Osburn
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
When the Choctaws were removed from their Mississippi homeland to Indian Territory in 1830, several thousand remained behind, planning to take advantage of Article 14 in the removal treaty, which promised that any Choctaws who wished to remain in Mississippi could apply for allotments of land. When...