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The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817

By: Robert V. Haynes PhD
Narrated by: W. B. Ward
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Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. Since 1540, when Hernando de Soto of Spain journeyed across the Atlantic and became the first European to stumble across its borders, the territory has been the center of passionate international disagreements. After numerous boundary shifts, Mississippi was finally admitted as the twentieth state of the Union on December 10, 1817.

In The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795 - 1817, Robert V. Haynes does more than recount history; he explores the political and diplomatic situations that led to the formation and expansion of the Mississippi Territory. Extensively researched and exceptionally written, Haynes details critical events in Mississippi's rich history, such as ongoing border violence, the arrest of infamous traitor Aaron Burr, and the bloody Creek War.

The book is published by University Press of Kentucky.

©2010 The University Press of Kentucky (P)2017 Redwood Audiobooks
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  • Categories: History

Critic Reviews

"An essential book on the complex and colorful period between the organization of the Mississippi Territory in 1795 and its division into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory in 1817." ( Alabama Review)
"Haynes has written a rich book, which will be of much value to historians of the region and to historians of American expansion more broadly." (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society)
"A crowning achievement for a scholar who has devoted decades to studying the region." ( Southern Historian)

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