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Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia : the Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748.
Between 1735 and 1748 hundreds of young men and their families emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to the Georgia coast to settle and protect the new British colony. These men were recruited by the trustees of the colony and military governor James Oglethorpe, who wanted settlers who were accustom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Georgia Press
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Discovery, Exploration, and First Contests in the Debatable Land Called Georgia
- Chapter 2. Changing Conditions in the Highlands of Scotland
- Chapter 3. Highland Recruitment: Fertile Fields for Georgia Settlers
- Chapter 4. The Founding of Darien
- Chapter 5. War Comes to Darien: The Battle at Fort Mosa
- Chapter 6. Darien and the Aftermath of Fort Mosa, 17408211;1748
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. List of Jacobite Prisoners Sent to South Carolina, 1716
- Appendix B. List of Scottish Settlers to Georgia to 1741
- Appendix C. Petition of the Inhabitants of New Inverness to His Excellency General Oglethorpe
- Appendix D. List of Highlanders on the Loyal Judith, 17 September 1741
- Appendix E. Summons to Disarm to the Mackintosh Clan in the Highlands of Scotland, 1725
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- D
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