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The Tuscarora War : Indians, settlers, and the fight for the Carolina Colonies

Title
The Tuscarora War : Indians, settlers, and the fight for the Carolina Colonies / David La Vere.
Author
La Vere, David.
Publication
  • Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
  • ©2013
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Description
262 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than 500 Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. Over the following days, they destroyed hundreds of farms, killed at least 140 men, women, and children, and took about 40 captives. So began the Tuscarora War, North Carolina's bloodiest colonial war and surely one of its most brutal. In his gripping account, David La Vere examines the war through the lens of key players in the conflict, reveals the events that led to it, and traces its far-reaching consequences. La Vere details the innovative fortifications produced by the Tuscaroras, chronicles the colony's new practice of enslaving all captives and selling them out of country, and shows how both sides drew support from forces far outside the colony's borders. In these ways and others, La Vere concludes, this merciless war pointed a new direction in the development of the future state of North Carolina"--
Subject
  • Tuscarora Indians > Wars, 1711-1713
  • Enslaved Indians > North Carolina > History
  • Indians of North America > North Carolina
  • North Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Introduction : the makings of a war -- Christopher de Graffenried : the dreamer -- King Hancock and Core Tom : the defenders -- William Brice : the fighter -- Col. John Barnwell : the opportunist -- Thomas Pollock : the destroyer -- King Tom Blount : the negotiator -- Col. James Moore : the soldier -- Aftermath -- A note from the author -- Notes -- Bibliography-- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Call Number
JFE 13-8726
ISBN
  • 9781469610900 (hardback)
  • 1469610906 (hardback)
LCCN
2013020041
OCLC
844373112
Author
La Vere, David.
Title
The Tuscarora War : Indians, settlers, and the fight for the Carolina Colonies / David La Vere.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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