Alfred C. 'Chief' Sam influenced several hundreds of Black Oklahomans to take a chance and follow him back to their 'ancestral home,' Africa. He persuaded the Africans to believe that once they arrived in Africa they would find the Coast filled with diamonds lying on the ground after rain, trees that produced bread, and sugar cane as large as stove […]

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