I am aware of Theda Perdue's book Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee
Society which documents the ownership of black slaves by the Cherokee. The
Cherokee Phoenix carried ads for slave sales in the 19th century. The Cherokees
were also excellent trackers who were hired to catch Black runaways by their
white owners.
I also understood that free blacks were allowed to own black slaves in every
state except Delaware and Arkansas. Am I misinformed? See, Ira Berlin,
Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South.
The Choctaws reluctantly freed their slaves in 1866.
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