Gregory D. Smithers is professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is author of several books, including Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal; Slave Breeding: Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History; and The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity.
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