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Anthony F.C. WallacePublication Details
BookBelknap Press of Harvard University Press1999Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E93 .W18 1999 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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In Thomas Jefferson’s time, white Americans were bedeviled by a moral dilemma unyielding to reason and sentiment: what to do about the presence of black slaves and free Indians. In this compelling narrative, we see how Jefferson’s close relationships with frontier fighters and Indian agents, land speculators and intrepid explorers, European travelers, missionary scholars, and the chiefs of many Indian nations all complicated his views of the rights and claims of the first Americans. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Jefferson, Thomas, — 1743-1826 — Views on Indians
- Jefferson, Thomas, — 1743-1826 — Political and social views
- Indians of North America — Government relations — 1789-1869
- Indians, Treatment of — North America
- Indians of North America — Social conditions
- United States — Politics and government — 1789-1815
- United States — Race relations
Contents
- Introduction: Logan’s Mourner
- 1. The Land Companies
- 2. The Indian Wars
- 3. Notes on the Vanishing Aborigines
- 4. Native Americans through European Eyes
- 5. In Search of Ancient Americans
- 6. Civilizing the Uncivilized Frontier
- 7. President Jefferson’s Indian Policy
- 8. The Louisiana Territory
- 9. Confrontation with the Old Way
- 10. Return to Philosophical Hall
- Conclusion: Jefferson’s Troubled Legacy
ISBN
- 0674005481
- 0674000668
- 9780674005488
- 9780674000667
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