
Indian Wars in North Carolina (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Cherokee War, Tuscarora War, Cheraw Wars, French and Indian War - With Original Photos & MapsBy Enoch Lawrence LeeLength3h 14m
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Indian Wars in North Carolina is a focused historical study of the conflicts that shaped the colony's early development, especially the struggles involving Indigenous nations, settlers, traders, and imperial authorities. Written in a sober, documentary style, the book situates warfare within the broader pressures of land hunger, diplomacy, commerce, and colonial insecurity. Its literary character is that of the traditional scholarly monograph: concise, evidentiary, and attentive to chronology, yet alert to the human consequences of frontier violence. In the context of colonial Southern historiography, it helps illuminate a region too often overshadowed by Virginia and South Carolina. Enoch Lawrence Lee was a historian of early America whose work reflects the archival habits and regional seriousness of twentieth-century scholarship. His interest in North Carolina's colonial past likely arose from a desire to explain how fragile settlements, Native sovereignty, and imperial ambitions collided in a contested borderland. Lee's approach reveals a scholar concerned with causes as much as events, tracing how misunderstanding and expansion produced recurring conflict. This book is recommended for readers interested in colonial history, Native-settler relations, and the making of the American South. Though compact, it offers a valuable framework for understanding North Carolina's violent beginnings.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Indian Wars in North Carolina (Annotated)
2The Land of the Indians
3The Indians of North Carolina
4Early Indian Wars 1663-1711
5The Tuscarora War; The Barnwell Expedition 1711-1712
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6The Tuscarora War; The Moore Expedition 1712-1715
7The Yamassee and Cheraw Wars 1715-1718
8The Decline of the Coastal Plain Indians; 1718-1750
9The Catawba Indians of the Piedmont Plateau
10The Cherokee Indians of the Western Mountains
11The French and Indian War
12The Cherokee War; the Beginning
13The Cherokee War; the End
14The End of a Century
15Memorable Quotes