Carolina in Crisis
Cherokees, Colonists, and Slaves in the American Southeast, 1756-1763
The University of North Carolina Press · Print & ebook · May 25, 2015
In this engaging history, Daniel J. Tortora explores how the Anglo-Cherokee War reshaped the political and cultural landscape of the colonial South.
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- Who it’s for
- A history of the Anglo-Cherokee War and its effects on colonial South Carolina.
- Genres
- Colonial America (to 1775), Native American History, Southern U.S. History
- Published
- The University of North Carolina Press, May 25, 2015
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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.
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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.
Cherokee War Perspectives
A history of the Anglo-Cherokee War and its effects on colonial South Carolina.
Come here for
- The conflict from the Cherokee perspective
- Cherokee, white, and African American experiences
Expect
- Clashes from 1758 to 1761
- Connections between Cherokee military success and rising colonial fears
Where it sits
| Southern U.S. History | 69% |
|---|---|
| Colonial America (to 1775) | 57% |
| Native American History | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Native American History
- Colonial America (to 1775)
- Southern U.S. History
- Authors
- Daniel J. Tortora
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- May 25, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Native American History