These Freedpeople gained their freedom following the Civil War. The program will take place on YouTubeLive and be shared on Facebook on Sunday, February 21, at 2:00 p.m. Our Facebook page can be located by visiting https://www.facebook.com/HomesteadNHP. While they homesteaded all across the Great Plains, Oklahoma had, by far, the largest community of Black homesteaders. Some of those towns were founded by Choctaw Freedpeople, as well as Freedpeople from other Native American tribes in Oklahoma. Oklahoma was promoted as a place to realize the American dream and achieve self-government.

Source: Daily Sun February 15, 2021 17:15 UTC