about 300 African Americans and 30 Seminole and Choctaw Indians. News of "Negro Fort" (as it came to be called) attracted as many as 800 black fugitives who settled in the surrounding area.

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben delivers remarks on the importance of community and policy from a tribal perspective Thursday [March 6] at MSU-Meridian. The second-term ...