| The Formative Period in Alabama, 1815-1828 First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Abernethy, Thomas Perkins (Author), Morgan, David T. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 081730486X ISBN-13: 9780817304867 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 976.104 |
| LCCN: 89020612 |
| Series: Library Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.37" W x 7.97" (0.62 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Formative Period in Alabama, 1815-1828 is a beautifully crafted history of the evolution of the state written by Thomas Perkins Abernethy in 1922. The work shows how Alabama grew out of the Mississippi Territory and discusses the economic and political development during the years just before and just after Alabama became a state. Abernethy's story begins when Alabama existed as the eastern part of the Mississippi Territory, settled primarily by Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks, a few traders, and some brave but foolhardy "squatters" who thought to supplant the Indians and carve out a home for themselves and their descendants from Indian territory. Friction with the Creeks escalated into war and, with their defeat at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the successful move began to wrest land from the Indians for white settlement. The availability of good land, the promise of transportation of goods along the waterways, and the opening of the Federal Road brought rapid population growth to an area blessed (and cursed) with forceful leaders. Abernethy describes in detail the political maneuverings and economic strangleholds that created territorial division and turmoil in the early days of Alabama's statehood. |