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Cherokee planters: the development of plantation slavery before removal

Cherokee Indian nation :a troubled historyKnoxvillePublished In 1979 • Pages: 110-128

By: Perdue, Theda.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Perdue describes the origin and development of slavery among the Cherokee following the American Revolutionary War and up to approximately 1838. The author notes that war captives were frequently treated as slaves by the Cherokee and this article discusses their particular use in agriculture, and overall affect on Cherokee society.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Acculturation and culture contact
Real property
Accumulation of wealth
Slavery
Legal norms
Instigation of war
Aftermath of combat
Ethnosociology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cherokee
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Delores Walters ; 1988: John Beierle ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1776-1838
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southeastern states and Oklahoma, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Theda Perdue
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78013222
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Indians