Episode 2: In Search of Sugar George

01/02/2024 18 min Episodio 2
Episode 2: In Search of Sugar George

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Episode 2 features details about an amazing man from the Muscogee Creek Nation. Sugar T. George was born a slave in Georgia and was brought west with Creek Indians. He spent his entire life there, obtaining his freedom, becoming a literate man who rose to prominence in the Nation. From the Civil War, to the Dawes era, this once enslaved man served in both ruling houses of the Creek Nation, became a minister, and so much more. After his death he was described as "wealthiest Negro in Indian Territory." An amazing man who has been written out of Oklahoma history but whose name should be known by all.