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  2. Choctaw freedmen - Wikipedia

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    Henry Crittenden, who was born into slavery in the Choctaw Nation but was later emancipated. [1]The Choctaw Freedmen are former enslaved Africans, Afro-Indigenous, and African Americans who were emancipated and granted citizenship in the Choctaw Nation after the Civil War, according to the tribe's new peace treaty of 1866 with the United States.

  3. History of the Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    The History of the Choctaws, or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeast of what is currently known as the United States.They are known for their rapid post-colonial adoption of a written language, transitioning to yeoman farming methods, having European-American lifestyles enforced in their society, and acquiring some customs from Africans they enslaved.

  4. List of slavery-related memorials and museums - Wikipedia

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    International Slavery Museum, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool [13] Wilberforce House, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull [14] The Wake by Khaleb Brooks in London [15] (planned) The gravestone of 'Scipio Africanus' in Bristol [16] [17] Plaques for people compensated after the abolition of slavery in Bristol [18]

  5. Jeffrey Gibson - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey A. Gibson was born on March 31, 1972, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [1] [4] His mother is Georgia Wilson Gibson (Cherokee Nation). [8]His father was a citizen of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, as was his paternal grandfather Homer Gibson, from Conehatta, Mississippi. [9]

  6. Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US ... - AOL

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    Gibson, a Mississippi Choctaw with Cherokee descent, is the first Native American to represent the United States solo at the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest contemporary art show.

  7. WSU museum to feature the works of Choctaw/Cherokee ... - AOL

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  8. Minerva Willis - Wikipedia

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    She was enslaved in the Choctaw Nation area, now part of Oklahoma, and lived on a plantation owned by Britt Willis, an Irishman became a citizen of Choctaw Nation via his marriage to a Choctaw woman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Willis, along with her father Wallace Willis , was transported from Mississippi to Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears .

  9. New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship ...

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    The museum includes a brief history of the transatlantic slave trade and highlights the survivors of the 45-day journey from Africa, AL.com reported.It tells the story of its most famous passenger ...