Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
Contents:
The southern frontier -- Impassioned disciples : The Great Awakening, George Whitfield, and the reform of slavery -- From one frontier to another : the assumption of political power -- Land and politics -- Politics, 1761-1773 -- Dreams of empire : Jonathan Bryan and the Creek Indians -- The war and after, 1776-1788 -- Jonathan Bryan's attendance at Council Meetings -- Percentage of petitions for land rejected and postponed, 1755-1769 -- Jonathan Bryan's petitions for land in Georgia -- Conveyances of land and other property to and from Jonathan Bryan -- Jonathan Bryan's political activity compared with his requests for land -- Selected vote tallies illustrating factionalism of the Georgia Commons House of Assembly, 1773.
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