Benn Native Memoirs from the War of 1812

Black Hawk and William Apess
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1220-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812

Rare firsthand accounts from Native Americans who fought in the War of 1812.

Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and American soldier William Apess, a Christian convert from the Pequots who lived on a reservation in Connecticut. Carl Benn explores the wartime passages of their autobiographies, in which they detail their decisions to take up arms, their experiences in the fighting, their broader lives within the context of native-newcomer relations, and their views on such critical issues as aboriginal independence.

Scholars, students, and general readers interested in indigenous and military history in the early American republic will appreciate these important memoirs, along with Benn's helpful introductions and annotations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benn, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Maps
Chronological Overview
Black Hawk (Sauk)
Introduction to Black Hawk
1. Crisis on the Upper Mississippi Frontier, 1803?–12
2. Joining the British on the Detroit Front, 1812–13
3. Return Home, Keokuk's Rise, and Private War, 1814–15
4. Campaigning on the Mississippi River, 1814
5. An End to Fighting, 1815–16
6. Black Hawk's Speeches, 1815–17
William Apess (Pequot)
Introduction to William Apess
1. An Indentured Servant's Struggles, 1809–13
2. A Runaway Joins the Army, 1812–13
3. Campaigning on the Canadian Border, 1813–15
4. A Wandering Life, 1815–16
5. Another Version of William Apess's Autobiography, c. 1813–c. 1820
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benn, Carl
Carl Benn is a professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto. His books include Mohawks on the Nile: Natives among the Canadian Voyagers in Egypt, 1884–85, The War of 1812, and The Iroquois in the War of 1812.