Unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States comprising the eastern Samoan islands (Tutuila, Aunuu, and — after a separate 1904 cession — the Manuʻa group of Ofu, Olosega and Tau, plus Swains Island). Ceded to the US via the 1899 Tripartite Convention (Tutuila, formalized by a Deed of Cession signed by local chiefs in 1900) and the 1904 Deed of Cession of Manuʻa (ending the Tui Manuʻa paramountcy, already covered in the atlas as a separate record ending 1904). Remains a US territory continuous to the present, self-governing under its own constitution since 1967, with a locally elected government (the Samoan Fono) but no voting representation in the US Congress and no automatic birthright citizenship for those born there.
Remains an unincorporated United States territory; its people are US nationals and the 1900 and 1904 deeds of cession still anchor its status.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for American Samoa — the shape you scrub through changes in 1900 · 1907.
Verified dedicated history of American Samoa as a US territory.
Classic ethnography set in American Samoa (Tau, Manuʻa) shortly after the Deed of Cession era.
Covers the 1899-1900/1904 partition and cession process from the Samoan perspective, including both American and German sides.