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Author:

Tortora, Daniel J., author.

Title:

Carolina in crisis : Cherokees, colonists, and slaves in the American southeast, 1756-1763 / Daniel J. Tortora.

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cherokee Indians--Wars, 1759-1761.
Cherokee Indians--History--History--18th century.
United States--Campaigns.--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Campaigns.
South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763)
Indian Wars (Cherokee : 1759-1761)
Cherokee Indians.
Cherokee Indians--Government relations.
Military campaigns.
South Carolina.
United States.
1600 - 1799
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.

Contents:

Join'd together: the Anglo-Cherokee Alliance, 1730-1753 -- A general conflagration: the French and Indian War begins -- Killed on the path: Cherokees in the campaigns against Fort Duquesne -- Till satisfaction shou'd be given: the crises of 1759 and the Lyttelton Expedition -- A situation too terrible for us: smallpox and social upheaval -- Put to death in cold blood: the Fort Prince George Massacre -- That kindred duty of retaliation: the Cherokee offensive of 1760 -- Flush'd with success: Cherokee victory and the fall of Fort Loudon -- Destroying their towns and cutting up their settlements: the Grant campaign -- To bury the hatchet, and make a firm peace: terms and tensions -- The turbulent spirit of Gadsden: the origins of independence -- Conclusion: revolutionary implications.

ISBN:

1469621223
9781469621227

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893452506

LCCN:

2014034900

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)