Comments on: Review by Wisteria Leigh http://www.williameverett.com/2009/03/review-by-wisteria-leigh/ Reflections on Writing, Woodworking, and Ethics Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: William Everett http://www.williameverett.com/2009/03/review-by-wisteria-leigh/comment-page-1/#comment-4 William Everett Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.williameverett.com/?p=91#comment-4 Yes, Wisteria, thanks for your response and further comment on the evolution of slavery among the Cherokee. The full story is in Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society 1540-1866 (University of Tennessee Press, 19790 and Rudi Halliburton, Jr., Red Over Black: Black Slavery Among the Cherokee Indians (Westport: Greenwood, 1977). Rifts over slavery persist to this day, leading most recently to the vote in the Cherokee Nation (now contested in court) to remove Cherokee citizenship from the descendants of slaves who were earlier granted citizenship. This is a briar patch I may never climb out of! I'm amazed that you have time for teaching and all the reading and reviewing you do! Stay in touch and on line. In the net, Bill Yes, Wisteria, thanks for your response and further comment on the evolution of slavery among the Cherokee. The full story is in Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society 1540-1866 (University of Tennessee Press, 19790 and Rudi Halliburton, Jr., Red Over Black: Black Slavery Among the Cherokee Indians (Westport: Greenwood, 1977). Rifts over slavery persist to this day, leading most recently to the vote in the Cherokee Nation (now contested in court) to remove Cherokee citizenship from the descendants of slaves who were earlier granted citizenship. This is a briar patch I may never climb out of!
I’m amazed that you have time for teaching and all the reading and reviewing you do!
Stay in touch and on line.
In the net,
Bill

]]> By: Wisteria Leigh http://www.williameverett.com/2009/03/review-by-wisteria-leigh/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Wisteria Leigh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:04:19 +0000 http://www.williameverett.com/?p=91#comment-3 Hi William, I was so surprised to see that you had such a nice post about my blog and the review on your blog. Thank you so much. It is awesome to actually talk--- email to you. It is ironic that I would review this book as my grad class was just discussing Thomas Jefferson. One particular essay spoke of his attempt at domesticating the Indian culture by teaching spinning to the women and placing the men in the fields. It was then that the Indians decided it was better to have a slave do the work of a woman than have to do woman's work. The plan back-fired and slavery became a part of the Cherokee and other Indian groups. Please feel free to email me. I thank you again for the post and happy you like the review of your wonderful book. ...Wisteria Hi William, I was so surprised to see that you had such a nice post about my blog and the review on your blog. Thank you so much. It is awesome to actually talk— email to you. It is ironic that I would review this book as my grad class was just discussing Thomas Jefferson. One particular essay spoke of his attempt at domesticating the Indian culture by teaching spinning to the women and placing the men in the fields. It was then that the Indians decided it was better to have a slave do the work of a woman than have to do woman’s work. The plan back-fired and slavery became a part of the Cherokee and other Indian groups.

Please feel free to email me. I thank you again for the post and happy you like the review of your wonderful book. …Wisteria

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