A Very Mutinous People

The Struggle for North Carolina, 1660-1713

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book A Very Mutinous People by Noeleen McIlvenna, The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Noeleen McIlvenna ISBN: 9780807887912
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: June 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Noeleen McIlvenna
ISBN: 9780807887912
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: June 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Historians have often glorified eighteenth-century Virginia planters' philosophical debates about the meaning of American liberty. But according to Noeleen McIlvenna, the true exemplars of egalitarian political values had fled Virginia's plantation society late in the seventeenth century to create the first successful European colony in the Albemarle, in present-day North Carolina.

Making their way through the Great Dismal Swamp, runaway servants from Virginia joined other renegades to establish a free society along the most inaccessible Atlantic coastline of North America. They created a new community on the banks of Albemarle Sound, maintaining peace with neighboring Native Americans, upholding the egalitarian values of the English Revolution, and ignoring the laws of the mother country.

Tapping into previously unused documents, McIlvenna explains how North Carolina's first planters struggled to impose a plantation society upon the settlers and how those early small farmers, defending a wide franchise and religious toleration, steadfastly resisted. She contends that the story of the Albemarle colony is a microcosm of the greater process by which a conglomeration of loosely settled, politically autonomous communities eventually succumbed to hierarchical social structures and elite rule. Highlighting the relationship between settlers and Native Americans, this study leads to a surprising new interpretation of the Tuscarora War.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Historians have often glorified eighteenth-century Virginia planters' philosophical debates about the meaning of American liberty. But according to Noeleen McIlvenna, the true exemplars of egalitarian political values had fled Virginia's plantation society late in the seventeenth century to create the first successful European colony in the Albemarle, in present-day North Carolina.

Making their way through the Great Dismal Swamp, runaway servants from Virginia joined other renegades to establish a free society along the most inaccessible Atlantic coastline of North America. They created a new community on the banks of Albemarle Sound, maintaining peace with neighboring Native Americans, upholding the egalitarian values of the English Revolution, and ignoring the laws of the mother country.

Tapping into previously unused documents, McIlvenna explains how North Carolina's first planters struggled to impose a plantation society upon the settlers and how those early small farmers, defending a wide franchise and religious toleration, steadfastly resisted. She contends that the story of the Albemarle colony is a microcosm of the greater process by which a conglomeration of loosely settled, politically autonomous communities eventually succumbed to hierarchical social structures and elite rule. Highlighting the relationship between settlers and Native Americans, this study leads to a surprising new interpretation of the Tuscarora War.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Twisted Cross by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Southern History across the Color Line by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Preachers, Pedagogues, and Politicians by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Teach's Light by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Examining Tuskegee by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Hearthside Cooking by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Beyond Chrismukkah by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Journal of the Civil War Era by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Henry James and Pragmatistic Thought by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Strangers Below by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Stories of Civil War in El Salvador by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book Civic Myths by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book The Criminalization of Black Children by Noeleen McIlvenna
Cover of the book The Global Dimensions of Irish Identity by Noeleen McIlvenna
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy