The Life and Times of Mary Musgrove

The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one. As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican clergyman, Mary was one of a small number of "mixed blood" Indians to achieve a position of...

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Auteur principal: Hahn, Steven C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Musgrove, Mary, > 1700-1765
Musgrove, Mary, > 1700-1765.
Women.
Land settlement.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Creek Indians > Mixed descent.
Creek Indians.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > Native American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Colonisation interieure > Georgie (État)
Creek (Indiens) > Biographies.
Land settlement > Georgia.
Women > Georgia > Biography.
Creek Indians > Biography.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent > Georgia > Biography.
Georgia.
Georgie (État) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Georgia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one. As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican clergyman, Mary was one of a small number of "mixed blood" Indians to achieve a position of prominence among English colonists. Born to a Creek mother and an English father, Mary's bicultural heritage prepared her for an eventful adulthood spent in the rough and tumble world of Colonial Georgia Indian affairs. Active in diplomacy, trade, and politics--affairs typically dominated by men--Mary work
Description matérielle:1 online resource (284 pages).
ISBN:9780813042633

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