I'm tuning in for "ᏣᎳᎩ: Wherever We Are, Cherokee Heritage Center" on Saturday, April 18, at noon CT! This free virtual event brings together Cherokee Nation leaders to talk about the new $50 million Cherokee Heritage Center : https://t.co/bCC9xUwrFa
@akafaceUS Additionally, slave ownership was often concentrated among wealthy families, meaning that many households were directly involved in slavery even if only one individual was listed as the owner
@akafaceUS In 1860, about 1.4% of free people in the U.S. were classified as slave owners. However, this percentage can be misleading because slavery was legal in only 15 of the 33 states at the time, and in those states, slavery was far more widespread than the national percentage suggests