Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw (1896)

Indian Territory
Southern Division ss

Personally Appeared before me Geo. M. Truax, a Notary Public, in and for above named Southern Division, W. L. Cochran, who first being duly sworn according to Law, on oath says,

I am personally acquainted with Margret Clark and know that she is an African Woman, and belonged to R. L. Cochran, a Choctaw Citizen, and was his Slave at the time of the Treaty of 1866. She was at the home of R. L. Cochran as his Slave, in Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, when above named Treaty of 1866 was signed. I will further state I am 62 years of age and a Citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and have no interest in this claim.

W. L. Cochran

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of August A.D. 1896.
Geo. H. Truax,
Notary Public.

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The Treaty of 1866 and the Long Fight for Black Belonging in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations		This module reframes histories of the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction by analyzing how enslaved and freed Black people in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations struggled to actualize their freedoms amid contested tribal and federal jurisdictions. Ultimately, the module elucidates how Black enslaved and Freedpeople in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations developed unique methods of resistance and visions of freedom shaped by the legal paradigms forged in the Treaty of 1866.

Title: Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw (1896)
Description: In this sworn statement, W. L. Cochran attested that Margaret Clark, "an African woman," was enslaved by R. L. Cochran in the Choctaw Nation until the Treaty of 1866 was signed. The statement was made in support of Margaret Clark's application for enrollment in the Choctaw Nation under the Act of June 10, 1896 which authorized the Dawes Commission to add names to existing tribal rolls.
Date: 1896-08-26
Legal Concept: Emancipation; Citizenship; Federal Indian Policy; Slavery
Subject: African Americans; Native Americans; Freedpeople
Temporal Coverage: Territorial Expansion; Gilded Age; Jim Crow Era; Exclusion Era; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement
Spatial Coverage: Oklahoma; South
Document Type: Government Record
Document Category: Primary Source
Archival Source: W. L. Cochran Sworn Affidavit, Margaret Clark #1042, Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896, Microfilm Publication M1650, Roll 13, National Archives and Records Administration
Contributor: Keziah Anderson

Item sets: The Treaty of 1866 and the Long Fight for Black Belonging in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations

Title: Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw (1896)
Description: In this sworn statement, W. L. Cochran attested that Margaret Clark, "an African woman," was enslaved by R. L. Cochran in the Choctaw Nation until the Treaty of 1866 was signed. The statement was made in support of Margaret Clark's application for enrollment in the Choctaw Nation under the Act of June 10, 1896 which authorized the Dawes Commission to add names to existing tribal rolls.
Date: 1896-08-26
Legal Concept: Emancipation; Citizenship; Federal Indian Policy; Slavery
Subject: African Americans; Native Americans; Freedpeople
Temporal Coverage: Territorial Expansion; Gilded Age; Jim Crow Era; Exclusion Era; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement
Spatial Coverage: Oklahoma; South
Document Type: Government Record
Document Category: Primary Source
Archival Source: W. L. Cochran Sworn Affidavit, Margaret Clark #1042, Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896, Microfilm Publication M1650, Roll 13, National Archives and Records Administration
Contributor: Keziah Anderson

Item sets: The Treaty of 1866 and the Long Fight for Black Belonging in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations

Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw (1896)

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