Confederate President Alexander Stephens

What do you think his administration would have been like? I know he thought whites were superior but he also was very fair too. And longed for peace

How would he have treated the Indians in Confederate terrirory?
 
What do you think his administration would have been like? I know he thought whites were superior but he also was very fair too. And longed for peace

How would he have treated the Indians in Confederate terrirory?
I wish I could help, but I can't remember much about him. He was one of the Triumvirate, right? Held political office in Georgia....
 
I'm spitballing, I think he probably would have been pretty fair if by fair you mean reservations. I am not basing this on any real knowledge other than this: throughout American history we have been marked by ugly racism mixed with a healthy dose of respect for the native americans and their ways. yes there was the Dawes Act which sought to turn all natives into farmers and the ensuing crimes and horrors that resulted from that Act, as well as the Indian Removal Act under Jackson, but from anecdotal stories of Pioneers and Indian fighters those two groups came away with a sense of respect. Gen. Nelson Miles (one of the great Indian fighters) came away with a lot respect for his Apache opponents. My suspicion is that Stephens would have left them in Oklahoma and probably would have allowed them to petition for statehood. I don't know to much about Stephens personally, it is possible he grew up around Cherokee and Creeks in pre-removal Georgia (think Sam Houston). Keep in mind Americans viewed Native Americans differently from Blacks or Hispanics or Asians. what exactly is the context?
 
My suspicion is that Stephens would have left them in Oklahoma and probably would have allowed them to petition for statehood. I don't know to much about Stephens personally, it is possible he grew up around Cherokee and Creeks in pre-removal Georgia (think Sam Houston). Keep in mind Americans viewed Native Americans differently from Blacks or Hispanics or Asians. what exactly is the context?

The Oklahoma thing were i definately wondered which set the ball in rolling. In fact in the map i posted here, I have Oklahoma named after thebtwo indian tribes who were there.

I know enough to know he was caring, and not the type of a superiorist that he'd foam at the mouth at non whites getting some educatiom. He also defended a black slave woman from a murder charge when he was a lawyer
 
I don't know about the "fairness" claim. After all, we have his very damning Cornerstone speech, unabashed belief in white supremacy and slavery as the basis for the CSA.

Unfortunately there's not much on what his views were on Indians, at least that I know of. He was part of a Whig faction called the Young Indians. At the time it was common practice for those with romanticized views of Indians to publicly claim they were trying to take on their perceived qualities. (Think Tammany Hall, pre corruption days, named after Chief Tammanend. Or just think of the Boston Tea Party.) The YI faction was proclaiming their admiration of Indian tribes as fierce advocates of democracy.

OTH it's also common for those same people to argue Indians were "doomed" to die out, or needed to be saved or assimilated. Based on the admittedly very slim evidence, Stephens may be an advocate for cultural assimilation not much different than Richard Pratt.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4929/

An important note: There's far more than two Indian tribes in OK.
 
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I don't know about the "fairness" claim. After all, we have his very damning Cornerstone speech, unabashed belief in white supremacy and slavery as the basis for the CSA.

Unfortunately there's not much on what his views were on Indians, at least that I know of. He was part of a Whig faction called the Young Indians. At the time it was common practice for those with romanticized views of Indians to publicly claim they were trying to take on their perceived qualities. (Think Tammany Hall, pre corruption days, named after Chief Tammanend. Or just think of the Boston Tea Party.) The YI faction was proclaiming their admiration of Indian tribes as fierce advocates of democracy.

OTH it's also common for those same people to argue Indians were "doomed" to die out, or needed to be saved or assimilated. Based on the admittedly very slim evidence, Stephens may be an advocate for cultural assimilation not much different than Richard Pratt.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4929/

An important note: There's far more than two Indian tribes in OK.


thanks for the input.

no one is arguing he was pro white supremecy or slavery that much was fact... but according to what i read to wikipedia he wasn't opposed to blacks having some education and supported the black slave in her trial

also knew thre were more than 2 tribes in oklahoma
 
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