| Carolina in Crisis: Cherokees, Colonists, and Slaves in the American Southeast, 1756-1763 Contributor(s): Tortora, Daniel J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469621223 ISBN-13: 9781469621227 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 975.701 |
| LCCN: 2014034900 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.17" W x 9.25" (0.93 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this engaging history, Daniel J. Tortora explores how the Anglo-Cherokee War reshaped the political and cultural landscape of the colonial South. Tortora chronicles the series of clashes that erupted from 1758 to 1761 between Cherokees, settlers, and British troops. The conflict, no insignificant sideshow to the French and Indian War, eventually led to the regeneration of a British-Cherokee alliance. Tortora reveals how the war destabilized the South Carolina colony and threatened the white coastal elite, arguing that the political and military success of the Cherokees led colonists to a greater fear of slave resistance and revolt and ultimately nurtured South Carolinians' rising interest in the movement for independence. Drawing on newspaper accounts, military and diplomatic correspondence, and the speeches of Cherokee people, among other sources, this work reexamines the experiences of Cherokees, whites, and African Americans in the mid-eighteenth century. Centering his analysis on Native American history, Tortora reconsiders the rise of revolutionary sentiments in the South while also detailing the Anglo-Cherokee War from the Cherokee perspective. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tortora, Daniel J.: - Daniel J. Tortora is assistant professor of history at Colby College. |