Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Leadership, Loyalty, and Sovereignty in the Revolutionary American Southwest: The State of Franklin as a Test Case
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23930
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Abstract:
In 1784, the state of North Carolina offered to cede the land from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Georgia, and from the Appalachian mountains to the Mississippi River and form a new state called \"Franklin.\" The article examines the intentions of those urging for Franklin's establishment and the nature of government and politics in post-Revolutionary North America.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 92 Issue 2, April 2015,
p123-144, il, por, map, f
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