higgmeister, in case you do not know, the slave states were doing subjugation and oppression to the slaves. It is amazing that the slavers of north west Georgia thought it was OK to do oppression and subjugation to the slaves yet it was not OK for the Union armies to do the exact same thing to the Slavers. One other thing...the Cherokee Tribe was living in north west Georgia and was co-existing with the whites. And look at what the slavers did to the Cherokee. Subjugation and oppression. Stole their land. As a West Rome Chieftain I too know about the history of North West Georgia.You still have the story a little mixed up. Cherokee Chief Joseph Vann held at least 200 Black slaves and there is anecdotal evidence that he was violently cruel and vicious to them. You'll find out more details if you visit New Echota and the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth,GA.
Also, the very last CSA General to surrender after the Civil War was the Cherokee Chief Stand Waite.
The Slavers did not transport the Cherokee tribe to Oklahoma. That was done by the US Military on the order of President Andrew Jackson.
As for the Cherokee coexisting with Whites, that wasn't exactly accurate either.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Peters) 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits.
My wife went to East Rome High School but neither of us stayed in Rome to graduate from there. Both of our families moved back there a year after we graduated though.
Yo, Higgs, the slavers were in charge of the politics of North West Georgia. It was the slavers who stole the Cherokee Land. Since I in fact have been to Chief Vans house and saw that it was a 2 story stick built white style construction I would have to say that the wealthy Indians were living just like the whites. And the Cherokee had their own newspaper. Also the Cherokee were operating a ferry boat service to transport people from one side of the river to the other side to get to and from downtown Rome. And the white slavers in charge of the government just simply stole everything the Cherokee had. Those are the facts. East Rome during the ‘60s was a snob school of 2 faced hypocrites. In the ‘70s the blacks took over the school and won lots of state football championships. During the ‘80s West Rome won lots of football championships.