LibGuides: HISTORY 495S/496S: Honors Thesis Seminar 2024/25: Topic: Cherokee Women, Property, Law, and Slavery

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Secondary sources of particular relevance:

Race and the Cherokee Nation by Randal Hall
ISBN: 9780812240566
Publication Date: 2008-01-15
Cherokee Women by Theda Perdue
ISBN: 0803237162
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866 by Theda Perdue
ISBN: 0870492594
Publication Date: 1979-02-01
Cherokee Women in Charge by Karen Coody Cooper
ISBN: 9781476688183
Publication Date: 2022-03-25

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