Carolina in crisis : Cherokees, colonists, and slaves in the American southeast, 1756-1763

Carolina in crisis : Cherokees, colonists, and slaves in the American southeast, 1756-1763 / Daniel J. Tortora.

Author/creator	Tortora, Daniel J. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Description	x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Cherokee Indians--Wars, 1759-1761. Cherokee Indians--Government relations --History --18th century. United States--History --French and Indian War, 1754-1763 --Campaigns. South Carolina--History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contents	Join'd together: the Anglo-Cherokee Alliance, 1730-1753 -- A general conflagration: the French and Indian War begins -- Killed on the path: Cherokees in the campaigns against Fort Duquesne -- Till satisfaction shou'd be given: the crises of 1759 and the Lyttelton Expedition -- A situation too terrible for us: smallpox and social upheaval -- Put to death in cold blood: the Fort Prince George Massacre -- That kindred duty of retaliation: the Cherokee offensive of 1760 -- Flush'd with success: Cherokee victory and the fall of Fort Loudon -- Destroying their towns and cutting up their settlements: the Grant campaign -- To bury the hatchet, and make a firm peace: terms and tensions -- The turbulent spirit of Gadsden: the origins of independence -- Conclusion: revolutionary implications.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2014034900
ISBN	9781469621227 pbk : alk. paper
ISBN	1469621223 pbk : alk. paper
ISBN	ebook