Arkansas Petition for Freedmen’s Rights

Arkansas Petition for Freedmen’s Rights 1869

Legislators in Arkansas sent this petition to Congress in 1869 in an effort to help the Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen secure their rights as tribal citizens. The Choctaw and Chickasaw never granted citizenship to their freedmen.

National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate

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Arkansas Petition for Freedmen’s Rights