In this first published biography of Thomas, the authors depict nineteenth-century America at a turning point and document a human tragedy. An influential businessman and politician who enjoyed a storybook courtship and marriage, Thomas came to ruin when—as a member of the North Carolina secession convention—he committed his loyalty toward his people, family, and region to the hopeless cause of the Confederacy. This investigation of Thomas’s life also reveals much about the culture and plight of the Cherokees, their experience with removal, their legal battle to “legitimize” themselves as citizens of North Carolina, and their role in the Civil War.
Confederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief will be of interest to students of the Civil War and of Native American, North Carolina, Appalachian, and Southern history.
In this first published biography of Thomas, the authors depict nineteenth-century America at a turning point and document a human tragedy. An influential businessman and politician who enjoyed a storybook courtship and marriage, Thomas came to ruin when—as a member of the North Carolina secession convention—he committed his loyalty toward his people, family, and region to the hopeless cause of the Confederacy. This investigation of Thomas’s life also reveals much about the culture and plight of the Cherokees, their experience with removal, their legal battle to “legitimize” themselves as citizens of North Carolina, and their role in the Civil War.
Confederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief will be of interest to students of the Civil War and of Native American, North Carolina, Appalachian, and Southern history.
Confederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief: The Life of William Holland Thomas
224
Confederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief: The Life of William Holland Thomas
224Paperback
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781572331617 |
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| Publisher: | University of Tennessee Press |
| Publication date: | 03/01/2002 |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d) |