Atlantic loyalties : Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810 / Andrew McMichael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMichael, F. Andrew (Francis Andrew), 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

Administration.

History.

Allegiance.

Frontier and pioneer life.

British Americans.

Ethnicity.

West Florida--History.

West Florida.

Baton Rouge (La.)--History.

Baton Rouge (La.).

British Americans--West Florida--History.

British Americans--West Florida--Ethnic identity.

Frontier and pioneer life--West Florida.

Allegiance--West Florida--History.

West Florida--Ethnic relations.

Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821.

Florida.

Spain--Colonies--Administration--History--18th century.

Spain.

Spain--Colonies--Administration--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [2008]

Summary:

Integrating social, cultural, economic, and political history, this is a study of the factors that groundedor swayedthe loyalties of non-Spaniards living under Spanish rule on the southern frontier. In particular, Andrew McMichael looks at the colonial Spanish administrations attitude toward resident Americans. The Spanish borderlands systems of slavery and land ownership, McMichael shows, used an efficient system of land distribution and government patronage that engendered loyalty and withstood a series of conflicts that tested, but did not shatter, residents allegiance. McMichael focuses on the Baton Rouge district of Spanish West Florida from 1785 through 1810, analyzing why resident Anglo-Americans, who had maintained a high degree of loyalty to the Spanish Crown through 1809, rebelled in 1810.

Contents:

1 Settling the West Florida Frontier: Land, Wealth, and Loyalty 10

2 Working the West Florida Frontier: Slavery and the Accumulation of Wealth 35

3 Owning the West Florida Frontier: The International Microcosm of the Louisiana Purchase 54

4 Strains on the System I: Filibustering 76

5 Strains on the System II: Slavery and the Law 102

6 Testing the Bounds of Loyalty: Property and Crime 127

7 Breaking the Bonds: The End of Spanish Rule in West Florida 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780820330044

0820330043

9780820330235

082033023X

OCLC:

136777311