British Troops, Colonists, Indians, and Slaves in Southeastern North America, 1756-1763
Abstract
This work recasts the world of the North American Southeast during the Seven
Years’ War by examining the intersecting stories of British soldiers, colonists, Indians,
and enslaved and free Africans. Populated with diverse Indians, Europeans, and enslaved
and free Africans, the Southeast remained a vibrant and fiercely contested space that can
be viewed as a slice of the Atlantic world in which the larger, external forces of
imperialism and market capitalism collided throughout the eighteenth century.
It also argues that the political, social, and intercultural dimensions of the Seven
Years’ War relations between British soldiers and colonists cannot be fully understood
without examining the experiences of Indians and enslaved Africans—especially in the
Southeast. While British soldiers often judged the inhabitants of the Southeast based on
their notions of race, class, and gender to maintain their identity as King’s Troops, these
differences did not preclude them from pursuing economic interests with the local
planters or share social, physical spaces together with the Indians and enslaved Africans.
Subject
SoutheastBritish Soldiers
Cherokees
Catawbas
Creeks
Fort Duquesne Expedition
Charles Town
Attakullakulla
Henry Bouquet
James Grant
Alexander Monypenny
Christopher French
John Forbes
The Anglo-Cherokee War
Slaves
Citation
Lee, Hyun Wu (2014). British Troops, Colonists, Indians, and Slaves in Southeastern North America, 1756-1763. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /152803.