McGrath, not slave ships, slave owning. Many of the American Indian nations had wealthy members, landowners who owned slaves. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Natchez, etc. I won't try to characterize the conditions, same or different from white slave ownership, but there are accounts if you wish to find them. This was generally prior to when the U.S. stomped down on the Southeastern tribes and "removed" or relocated them to tribal lands in Oklahoma and elsewhere.

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