Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century

Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century

by Fay A . Yarbrough (Author)

Synopsis

By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. This work examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 18 Dec 2007

ISBN 10: 0812240561
ISBN 13: 9780812240566