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The Second Creek War: Interethnic Conflict and Collusion on a Collapsing Frontier
John T. Ellisor
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Description for The Second Creek War: Interethnic Conflict and Collusion on a Collapsing Frontier
Hardback. A study of the Second Creek War and its impact on antebellum southern society Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 907.
Historians have traditionally viewed the “Creek War of 1836” as a minor police action centered on rounding up the Creek Indians for removal to Indian Territory. Using extensive archival research, John T. Ellisor demonstrates that, in fact, the Second Creek War was neither brief nor small. Indeed, armed conflict continued long after “peace” was declared and the majority of Creeks had been sent west. Ellisor’s study also broadly illuminates southern society just prior to the Indian removals, a time when many blacks, whites, and Natives lived in close proximity in the Old Southwest. In the Creek country, also called New Alabama, ... Read more
Historians have traditionally viewed the “Creek War of 1836” as a minor police action centered on rounding up the Creek Indians for removal to Indian Territory. Using extensive archival research, John T. Ellisor demonstrates that, in fact, the Second Creek War was neither brief nor small. Indeed, armed conflict continued long after “peace” was declared and the majority of Creeks had been sent west. Ellisor’s study also broadly illuminates southern society just prior to the Indian removals, a time when many blacks, whites, and Natives lived in close proximity in the Old Southwest. In the Creek country, also called New Alabama, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
Indians of the Southeast
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803225480
SKU
V9780803225480
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About John T. Ellisor
John T. Ellisor is an assistant professor of history at Columbus State University.
Reviews for The Second Creek War: Interethnic Conflict and Collusion on a Collapsing Frontier
"Ellisor has made a valuable contribution to Creek and southern history so that we will now know of the Second Creek War."-Julie Anne Sweet, Journal of American History
Julie Anne Sweet Journal of American History "Ellisor's book sheds new light on a very misunderstood period of our nation's history, and era that has been unfairly forgotten in many American ... Read more
Julie Anne Sweet Journal of American History "Ellisor's book sheds new light on a very misunderstood period of our nation's history, and era that has been unfairly forgotten in many American ... Read more