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Boley, Oklahoma: Home of First Black-Owned Electric Company

Doni GloverBy Doni GloverApril 6, 20186 ViewsNo Comments2 Mins Read
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Boley, Oklahoma: Home of the First Black-Owned Electric Company #blackwallstreet #weloveblackhistory #Indigenous

Increasingly more people than ever have now heard of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street. However, it was not the only success story for black folks.

Oklahoma was actually home to several independent black towns, including Boley.

This area was settled by Creek Freedmen, whose ancestors had been held as slaves of the Creek at the time of Indian Removal in the 1830s. After the American Civil War, the United States negotiated new treaties with tribes that allied with the Confederacy. It required them to emancipate their slaves and give them membership in the tribes. Those formerly slaves were called the Creek Freedmen. At the time of allotments to individual households under the Dawes Commission, Creek Freedmen were registered as such on the Dawes Rolls (even if they were of mixed-race and also descended directly from Creek ancestors.) Creek Freedmen set up independent townships, of which Boley was one. The town was established on the land allotted to Abigail Barnett, daughter of James Barnett, a Creek freedman.

The coming of the Fort Smith & Western Railroad allowed agricultural land to be more profitably used as a townsite. Property owned by the Barnett family, among other Creek Freedmen, was midway between Paden and Castle, and ideal for a station stop. With the approval of the railroad management, Boley, Creek Nation, Indian Territory was incorporated in 1905. It was

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