[sgtbono2002]

By 1860, the Cherokees had 4,600 slaves; the Choctaws, 2,344; the Creeks, 1,532; the Chickasaws, 975; and the Seminoles, 500. Some Indian slave owners were as harsh and cruel as any white slave master. Indians were often hired to catch runaway slaves; in fact, slave-catching was a lucrative way of life for some Indians, especially the Chickasaws.

Hers what Mr. google got me. Right on top too. Sounds like a lot of Indians owning slaves to me.

[stand watie]

and your PRIMARY source is??? (not secondary, third-hand accounts or common gossip will be accepted.)

be ready to PROVE your source.

not even the book RED OVER BLACK (written by a RADICAL REVIONIST!) says that there were anything like that many slaves held by Indians.

according to the tribal tax records at Tallequah there were exactly 14 slave-owners, who were Indians. FOURTEEN!

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