The Lost State of Franklin : America's First Secession Paperback / softback
by Kevin T. Barksdale
Part of the New Directions in Southern History series
Paperback / softback
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Amid the economic turmoil, Native American warfare, and political unrest following the Revolutionary War, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley declared their region independent from North Carolina and formed the state of Franklin.
In The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession, Kevin T.
Barksdale chronicles the rise and fall of the ill-fated Franklin statehood movement.
Barksdale describes the dramatic four years in which the Franklinites crafted a backcountry bureaucracy, expanded their regional market economy, and nearly eradicated the southwestern frontier's Native American population, all with the goal of becoming America's fourteenth state.
Although the Franklin statehood movement collapsed in 1788, East Tennesseans still regard Franklin as a symbol of their rugged individualism, regional identity, and civic dignity.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, 1
- Publisher:The University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Date:13/09/2010
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- ISBN:9780813129877
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, 1
- Publisher:The University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Date:13/09/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780813129877
