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Subject:	Re: Cherokee Election March 3rd Q&A
From:	"Anita L. Henderson" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:55:57 EST
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In a message dated 3/3/07 11:11:07 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

> Cherokee's had emancipated their slaves prior to this treaty and the
> US declared that null and void and then forced the 1866 treaty upon
> the Cherokee Nation as a result of their position on the confederate
> site of the Civil War...thus that treaty is a badge of slavery to both
> the Freedmen and the Cherokees...
> 

Dear Coats? (sorry your name wasn't on the email ;-)):

Why would the government force the Cherokees into this treat if only part of 
the tribe supported the confederacy.   At least half under John Ross were 
union and fought on the side of the union.   Was it collective punishment?

Anita L. Henderson

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