Genocide: God Guide This Prisoner Toward Liberty

ISBN-10: 1589098129
ISBN-13: 9781589098121
Series: Genocide
Pages: 299
Language: English
Published: 2010-12-03
Author: Kelvin Ray Rector

Description

In 1866, the Creek Nation signed a treaty with the United States government promising to emancipate their 16,000 slaves and incorporate them into their nation as citizens entitled to "equal interest in the soil and national funds." Two decades later, the federally imposed Dawes Allotment Act of 1887 sparked the beginning of the "total assimilation" of the Indians' Five Civilized Tribes. The purpose of the Dawes Act and the subsequent acts that extended its initial provisions was Indian property rights, particularly during the land rushes of the 1890s, but in many instances the results were vastly different. Through the pages of "GENOCIDE," travel alongside one Creek freedmen family's journey from emancipation to race riots, theft, and murder, and their struggle for liberty. Follow Flenoid, son of a Creek freedman, and experience first-hand the turmoil of the Genocide. This powerful and moving story will touch your heart.