| If Artis and Stewart had returned to
Shelby County, along with other Civil War veterans, however,
their reception may have been less than civil in an environment charged with racism that
threatened the welfare of new Negro residents if they did not relocate outside Shelby
County. The warning to move was issued by the I.O.O.N.A. Research efforts have been unable to determine an interpretation for "I.O.O.N.A." and who they represented. [Conjecture has it, that it could have been a temporary acronym for - International Order Of Native (or North) Americans]
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