Description
Book SynopsisProvides a thorough reappraisal of the Yamasee War. By arguing that the Yamasee War may be the definitive watershed in the formation of the Old South, Ramsey challenges traditional arguments about the war's origins and positions the prewar concerns of Native Americans within the context of recent studies of the Indian slave trade and the Atlantic economy.
Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the growing number of studies challenging Chapman Milling's and Verner Crane's moral argument of "good" Indians versus "bad" colonists. In recent years, historians increasingly appreciate that a "middle ground" existed in most colonist-Indian relationships, and Ramsey fits nicely into this mode of thinking."—Brett Richard Bell,
Southern Historian"The first book-length study on a conflict so pivotal in early American, Native American, and southern history,
The Yamasee War does not disappoint. . . . A talented historian, Ramsey guides his readers through the complex and tangled motivations that led to war and explores its consequences for all residents of the colonial South."—Christina Snyder,
Journal of American History"
The Yamasee War is a thoroughly impressive study and a welcome addition to the Indians of the Southeast series published by the University of Nebraska Press."—Matthew T. Pearcy,
Journal of America's Military Past"Specialists in colonial and Native American history as well as graduate students and advanced undergraduates will find Ramsey's treatment of the Yamasee War thought provoking and compelling."—David A. Nichols,
Journal of American Ethnic History"
The Yamasee War is an important read for anyone interested in the field of southern ethnohistory."—Michael P. Morris,
South Carolina Historical MagazineTable of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Series Editors' Introduction
Introduction: The Problems
Part 1: Tinder
1. Carolinians in Indian Country
2. Indian Slaves in the Carolina Low Country
Part 2: Spark
3. Market Influence
4. Trade Regulation and the Breakdown of Diplomacy
Part 3: Fire
5. The Heart of the Alliance
6. Auxiliary Confederates
Part 4: Ash
7. Monsters and Men
8. New Patterns of Exchange and Diplomacy
Conclusion: New Problems
Appendix: The Huspah King's Letter to Charles Craven
Notes
Bibliography
Index
