1. African-Americans in the WEST Did you know they were there?

4. How did Black people get to the West?

5. Kidnapped Africans were brought to this country as slaves. http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jscully/Race/images/slavery.jpg

6. Slaves ran away http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery-pictures/hunting-slaves-375.jpg

7. www.jamd.com/image/g/1581143

9. Black Abraham, Seminole leader Abraham detail from Orr's 1848 engraving in The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War by John T. Sprague.

10. Abraham Part of Seminole delegation to Washington, D.C, in 1825 From BLACK INDIANS By William Loren Katz, p. 57

11. John Horse, Black Seminole leader John Horse around 1840. Source of the original sketch unknown. The engraving, entitled "Gopher John Seminole Interpreter," first appeared in Sprague's 1848 history of the war, attributed to the firm of N. Orr & Richardson.

12. Most slaves lived in the South Five Indian tribes lived there, too.

15. Chickasaw http://www.aaanativearts.com/chiefWashakie.jpg Chief Washakie

16. Choctaw http://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-8173-5115-1-thumb.jpg Chief Pushmataha

17. Seminole Osceola http://members.tripod.com/~aruathite/Osceola.jpg

19. More and more whites moved into their lands The Indians were pushed out of what is now: Georgia Mississippi Alabama Florida.

21. They were forced to march many miles in midwinter. http://www.guthriestudios.com/images/Cherokee%20Trail%20Of%20Tears.jpg

22. http://www.guthriestudios.com/images/Trail_of_Tears_Dawn.jpg

23. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/trail-of-tears-map1.gif

24. http://www.indianahumanities.org/wethepeople/200/the_trail_of_tears.jpg

25. http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/Trail%20of%20Tears%20Painting.GIF

26. Many died http://www.nativeamericans.com/tears.jpg

28. This book was written About the Black Indian Slaves.

29. Indian Territory was promised to the Indians forever They were NOT placed on reservations They were NATIONS

30. This map shows INDIAN TERRITORY where Oklahoma is now http://www.nativeamericans.com/IndianTerritory.htm

31. Look closely to see the INDIAN NATIONS http://www.sonofthesouth.net/american-indians/indian-territory-map.htm

32. This is the way.. …that many African-Americans came WEST AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

40. Where Do I Start?

56. The End Cover photo, BLACK INDIANS, by William Loren Katz