Thread by @ChoctawFreedmen

Freedmen should not be treated as second class citizens or non-citizens in the nations our ancestors built and worked for for free and under violence as chattel slaves. Our ancestors were forced from our homelands in Africa, across the Middle Passage, to Native homelands in

the present-day US, across the Trail of Tears while in chains and facing the brunt of violence and labor on the Trail, to be forced into Oklahoma where they were further abused by their masters. They were later freed and treated as either non-citizens in their Indigenous nations

or second class citizens after being freed from bondage. We must honor their legacies and fight for our rights as Indigenous people. Our ancestors shed blood and paid the ultimate price for the Five Tribes, only to be disrespected and abused time and time again.

This abuse must end and it must end now. Stop ignoring the Jim Crow conditions Freedmen of the Five Slaveholding Tribes are facing in the United States. Sign our petition to hold Deb Haaland accountable and share. change.org/p/debra-haalan…

I know it’s easy to ignore these types of things but please pay attention and please share with your circles. We have close to no avenues of seeking justice, since most Freedmen are not tribal citizens and are not taken seriously by tribal governments. #NoAntiBlackRacism

Here’s what’s happening in the Seminole Nation.

https://twitter.com/choctawfreedmen/status/1329248053677658112