| Edition |
Paperback edition. |
| Description |
xv, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Indians and southern history
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Indians and southern history.
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| Note |
"Hardcover edition published 2022"-- Title page verso. |
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"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Welch Plantations, December 1850 -- Cherokees during the Early Republic -- "Leave Home and Take to the Mountains": Resisting Removal, 1836-38 -- "A Settlement of Indians on Valley River": A New Community on the Welch Farm -- "Councils, Dances, Ballplays": New and Old Ways on Valley River -- "Their Determination to Remain": Evading Agents, Lawyers, and Other Swindlers. |
| Summary |
"This book tells the remarkable story of a Cherokee community in the mountains of North Carolina who survived the aftermath of the Trail of Tears. The story is explored through the lives of wealthy plantation owners Betty and John Welch and the members of their extended family. John was Cherokee, and Betty was White. Their farm, which included nine enslaved Africans, was on the northeastern edge of the Cherokee Nation at the time of the Cherokee removal of 1838. During removal, the Welches assisted roughly 150 more traditional Cherokees hiding in the steep mountains. After the removal, the Welches provided land for these families to rebuild a community, Welch's Town. From 1839 to 1855 the Welch plantation and Welch's Town functioned as distinct but tightly connected communities"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Welch, Betty, 1795-1885.
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Welch, John, 1783-1857.
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Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- History -- 19th century.
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Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
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Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
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Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Social life and customs.
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Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Biography.
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Plantation owners -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Cherokee community's resistance to the Trail of Tears in North Carolina |
| ISBN |
0817361197 |
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9780817361198 |
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