Toward Cherokee removal : land, violence, and the white man's chance /
"Cherokee Removal excited the passions of Americans across the country. Nowhere did those passions have more violent expressions than in Georgia, where white intruders sought to acquire Native land through intimidation and state policies that supported their disorderly conduct. In Toward Cherok...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2020]
Athens, Georgia : [2020] |
| Series: | Early American places
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| Summary: | "Cherokee Removal excited the passions of Americans across the country. Nowhere did those passions have more violent expressions than in Georgia, where white intruders sought to acquire Native land through intimidation and state policies that supported their disorderly conduct. In Toward Cherokee Removal, Adam J. Pratt details this process in Georgia from 1800 to 1835, placing the tragic story of Cherokee Removal within the larger context of the United States' transition from a limited republic to a democracy that championed white male equality. The book highlights the importance of local concerns over sovereignty, whiteness, and violence to better understand how politics at the state and federal levels succumbed to the violent dispositions of Georgia's frontier residents"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-5825-8 0820358266 9780820358260 |
| Access: | ProQuest Non-Linear Lending Restricted for use by site license |