David Stands With Song (L) and his mother Delores Windsong of the Cherokee Nation in New Jersey read a museum brochure in the Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian at the National Mall September 21, 2004 in Washington, DC (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
When most Americans are reminded of the "Trail of Tears," the forced migration of Native Americans from their ancient homelands to what is now the state of Oklahoma, they conjure up images of thousands of downtrodden, defeated Cherokee suffering and dying as they trudged into the wilderness. Few know that also on that slow and deadly trek were roughly two thousand African-American slaves, the property of wealthy Cherokees.
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