Great Crossings : Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson
by Snyder, Christina (Author)
Summary
In Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian America. Most often, this drama focuses on whites who turned west to conquer a continent, extending "liberty" as they went. Great Crossings also in... Full description
- Introduction: the great path?
- Warriors
- A family at the crossing
- Scholars
- Indian gentlemen and black ladies
- Rise of the leviathan
- The land of death
- Rebirth of the Spartans
- The vice president and the runaway lovers
- Dr. Nail's Rebellion
- The new superintendent
- Orphans among strangers
- Indian schools for Indian territory
- Conclusion: paths to the future.