Toward Cherokee removal : land, violence, and the white man's chance / Adam J. Pratt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pratt, Adam J., 1982- author.

Series:

Early American places.

Early american places

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.

Cherokee Indians--History--19th century.

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Indians--Relocation.

Indians of North America--Relocation--Southern States.

Indians of North America.

Georgia.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2020]

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"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Order and sovereignty

Disorder in the disputed territory

The slicks and the Pony Club

The convergence of state and federal policy

The Georgia Guard and the politics of order, 1830-1832

The Georgia Guard and the white man's chance, 1832-1836

The militia and the coming of order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8203-5825-8