Trail Sisters - Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 1850-1890

Suddenly free after the Civil War, African American women enslaved by the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations had nowhere to turn. Freedwomen found themselves negotiating new lives within a labyrinth of federal and tribal oversight, Indian resentment, and intruding entrepreneurs and settlers. Linda Williams Reese is the first to trace the harsh and often bitter journey of these women.

About the author

Linda Williams Reese is a retired history professor who has taught at the University of Oklahoma and East Central University. She is the author of Women of Oklahoma, 1890-1920 and coeditor of Main Street, Oklahoma, A Twentieth Century Story, and has written scholarly articles, book reviews, and Internet entries on women's history, the West, and Oklahoma. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Williams Reese
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781682830154
• ISBN: 978-1-68283-015-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Plains Histories; Plains Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore