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Summary:

"How Indigenous Americans and colonial settlers negotiated the meaning of independence in the Revolutionary era On July 4, 1776, two hundred miles northwest of Philadelphia, on Indigenous land along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, a group of colonial squatters declared their independence. They were not alone in their efforts. This bold symbolic gesture was just a small part of a much broader and longer struggle in the Northern Susquehanna River Valley, where diverse peoples, especially Indigenous nations, fought tenaciously to safeguard their lands, sovereignty, and survival. This book immerses readers in that intense, decades-long struggle. By intertwining the experiences of Indigenous Americans, rebellious colonial squatters, opportunistic land speculators, and imperial government agents, Christopher Pearl reveals how conflicts within and between them all set the terms and ultimately shaped the meaning of the American Revolution. In the crucible of this conflict, memories, histories, and animosities collided and converged with tremendous consequences. Declarations of Independence delves into the racial violence over land and sovereignty that suffused the Revolutionary Age and helps restore Indigenous peoples to their central position at the founding of the United States"-- [Provided by publisher]
"On the cusp of the American Revolution, various groups in the Northern Susquehanna River Valley competed for land and political sovereignty, and the increasing turmoil between them set the terms of and ultimately shaped the meaning of the revolution to come. This book weaves the stories of the Susquehanna Nations, a confederation of nearly a dozen refugee Indigenous Nations that came together in the 1750s, and the Fair Play Squatter Republic, which formed outside colonial jurisdiction in the 1770s by unruly settlers trespassing on Native lands, into a riveting tale of declarations of independence won and lost. In so doing, historian Christopher Pearl highlights the complicated racial violence that suffused the Revolutionary Age and establishes the centrality of Indigenous peoples to the founding of the United States"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• "The foundation of our uneasiness" : mischief makers and Native Americans in the Susquehanna River Valley, 1749
• "Very uneasy and displeas'd" : displacement and alienation on the Haudenosaunee Frontier, 1750-1754
• "Bird on a bow" : the rise of the Susquehanna Nations and a war for independence in the Northern Susquehanna River Valley, 1754-1758
• "Hearts and mouths" : an uneasy peace, 1758-1763
• A "diversity of interests" : attempts to separate people and divide land, 1763-1767
• "A great run for the lands on Susquehanna" : the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
• An empire divided : the consequence of Fort Stanwix, 1768-1773
• "A spirit of liberty and patriotism pervaded the people" : the creation of a squatter republic in the Northern Susquehanna River Valley and the beginning of the American Revolution, 1773-1776
• "The title of savages :" the revolutionary war in the Northern Susquehanna River Valley, 1776-1783
• Aftermath : establishing the revolution's "value" in a "rising empire" of liberty.

Author/Creator:

Pearl, Christopher R., 1983- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Declarations of independence: indigenous resilience, colonial rivalries, and the cost of revolution [by Pearl, C.R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Declarations of independence [by Pearl, C.R.] (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780813951980; LCCN 2024002738)

Related Series:

Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.)

Subjects:

Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808

Susquehanna Indians — Government relations

Susquehanna River Valley — History — 18th century

United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783

United States — Politics and government — 1775-1783

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

F157.W9 P29 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780813952000 (electronic book)
081395200X (electronic book)
9780813951980 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780813951997 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024002739

OCLC Numbers:

1439101594

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31496734 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp21208797