Cherokee Nation/Freedmen Timeline Compiled by Will Chavez Staff Writer 1700s - Cherokee people first observe the practice of slavery among their British allies in the early 1700s. A Cherokee delegation in 1730 makes an agreement with the British to return any runaway slaves they capture back to their British owners. Early 1800s - The Cherokee Nations National Committee and Council prohibits free negroes from residing in the Cherokee Nation without a permit. The western Cherokee in eastern Oklahoma also pass a law prohibiting slaves from owning property. 1824 - CN General Council approves a resolution that called for a fine of $50 against any person who permitted his slaves to marry whites or Indians and punished the persons attempting such marriage by fifty-nine stripes on the bare back. 1827 - The eastern CN adopts a new constitution that is similar to the U.S. Constitution. Negroes are not permitted to have a part in the government under the new constitution. Sept. 6,1839 - After forming a new government, various Cherokee factions, including one led by John Ross, ratify a new constitution. Regarding blacks living among the tribe, the new constitution states: No person who is (N)egro and mulatto parentage, either by the father or mothers side, shall be eligible to hold any office of profit, honor or trust under this government.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 05:19:55 +0000
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