George Galphin's intimate empire : the Creek Indians, family, and colonialism in early America / Bryan C. Rindfleisch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rindfleisch, Bryan C., author.

Series:

Indians and southern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galphin, George, 1708-1780--Family.

Galphin, George.

Galphin, George, 1708-1780.

Families--South Carolina--History--18th century.

Families.

White people--Relations with Indians--History--18th century.

White people.

Creek Indians--History--18th century.

Creek Indians.

Slavery--South Carolina--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Interpersonal relations--South Carolina--History--18th century.

Interpersonal relations.

Commerce.

History.

White people--Relations with Indians.

South Carolina--Commerce--History--18th century.

South Carolina.

Silver Bluff (S.C.)--History--18th century.

Silver Bluff (S.C.).

Imperialism.

South Carolina--Silver Bluff.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In George Galphin's intimate empire: the Creek Indians, family, and colonialism in early America, Bryan C. Rindfleisch presents a complex narrative about eighteenth-century cross-cultural relationships. Reconstructing the multilayered bonds forged by Galphin and challenging scholarly understandings of life in the Native South, Rindfleisch looks simultaneously at familial, cultural, political, geographical, and commercial ties--examining how eighteenth-century people organized their world, both mentally and physically ... At their most intimate, Galphin's multilayered relationships revolved around the Creek, Anglo-French, and African children who comprised his North American family, as well as family and friends on the other side of the Atlantic"--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Part I George Galphin's Intimate Empire, Silver Bluff c. 1764

1 "In Whom He Placed the Greatest Confidence": The Familial World of Silver Bluff p. 21

2 "The Intimate Connection ... between His Interest and Mine in the Indian Trade": Networks of Intimacy, Trade, and Empire at Silver Bluff p. 43

3 "His People," "His Slaves," and "His Children": Patriarchy and Interdependency at Silver Bluff p. 69

Part II Foundations of George Galphin's Intimate Empire, 1707-1763

4 "We Have Suffered Many Hardships to Acquire a Small Competency": Family, Patriarchy, and Empire in Ulster, 1700-1737 p. 93

5 "He Was Looked Upon as an Indian": Family, Matriarchy, and Empire in Coweta, 1741-1763 p. 105

6 A "Principal," "Considerable," and "Sensible" Trader: Networks of Intimacy, Trade, and Empire in the Transoceanic World, 1741-1763 p. 126

Part III Violence in George Galphin's Intimate Empire, 1764-1780

7 "I Thought To Be Easey the Remainder of my Life ... but I Have Had More Tro[u]ble than Ever": Empire and Violence in the South, 1764-1776 p. 149

8 "I Am Sorry an Independence Is Declared": Empire and Violence in the American Revolution, 1776-1780 p. 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780817320270

081732027X

OCLC:

1078990899