The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest frontier, 1795-1817 /

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Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. Since 1540, when Hernando de Soto of Spain journeyed across the Atlantic and became the first European to stumble across its borders, the territory has been the center of passio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haynes, Robert V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.
Subjects:
To 1899
Frontier and pioneer life > Mississippi.
Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, Old.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Frontier and pioneer life
Mississippi > History > To 1803.
Mississippi > History > 19th century.
Southwest, Old > History.
Mississippi > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1803.
Mississippi > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis (Vieux Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Mississippi
United States > Old Southwest
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From province to territory
  • "His yankeeship"
  • Frontier democracy, republican style
  • An "insidious junto"
  • A territory in transition
  • Ruffians along the border
  • Security and settlements
  • "Some dark mysterious business"
  • The Williams imbroglio
  • Changing of the guard
  • Transformation of a territory
  • Natives and interlopers
  • Manifest destiny
  • The Mobile question
  • The Creek war
  • Holmes sweet Holmes
  • Statehood.

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