The term Freedmen refers to descendants of people of African American descent who were enslaved by what are known as the Five Civilized Tribes. As sovereign nations within the United States, each tribe is at liberty to define their relationship to their Freedmen, with some allowing Freedmen petitions for enrollment in the tribe, and others explicitly forbidding the enrollment of Freedmen or outright disenrolling any that had historically at one point been enrolled.
The term Freedmen refers to descendants of people of African American descent who were enslaved by what are known as the Five Civilized Tribes. As sovereign nations within the United States, each tribe is at liberty to define their relationship to their Freedmen, with some allowing Freedmen petitions for enrollment in the tribe, and others explicitly forbidding the enrollment of Freedmen or outright disenrolling any that had historically at one point been enrolled.
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