3 Freedmen and 13 Freedwomen Identified Among The Oklahoma Slave Narratives

Reviving the words of Black Indians

I utilized the narratives at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_8 to discern informants self-identified as freedmen, freedwomen, native, or slaves of Native American tribes. The list below represents the sixteen interviewees and link to the associated narrative. The names of thirteen freedwomen and three freedmen are presented in the chart, below. It is my hope that this project will be useful in enhancing access to first-hand accounts of freedmen history. In additional blog posts, I will explore each informant’s narrative in relation to genealogical and historical records.

Name	pg	age	Freedman	Link
Phoebe Banks	8	78	Creek	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_8
Nancy Rogers Bean	12	~82	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_12
Polly Colbert	33	83		http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_33
Lucinda Davis	53	89	Creek	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_53
Mary Grayson	115	83	Creek	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_115
Nellie Johnson	155	?	Creek	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_155
Mary Lindsay	178	91	Chickasaw	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_178
Mattie Logan	187	79	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_187
Kiziah Love	192	93	Choctaw	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_192
Allen V. Manning	215	87	Mentions “…some Choctaw people”	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_215
Phyllis Petite	236	83	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_236
Matilda Poe	242	80	Chickasaw	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_242
Chaney Richardson	257	90	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_257

Name	pg	age	Freedman	Link
Betty Robertson	266	93	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_266
Morris Sheppard	285	85	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_285
Sarah Wilson	344	87	Cherokee	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20785/20785-h/20785-h.htm#Page_344