To Marry an Indian The Marriage of Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot in Letters, 1823-1839 |
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| Editor:
| Gaul, Theresa Strouth |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-5602-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.00AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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When 19-year-old Harriett Gold, from a prominent white family in Connecticut, announced in 1825 her intention to marry a Cherokee man, her shocked family initiated a correspondence debating her decision to marry an Indian. Providing firsthand documentation of race relations in the early 19th-century US, this volume collects this correspondence
When 19-year-old Harriett Gold, from a prominent white family in Connecticut, announced in 1825 her intention to marry a Cherokee man, her shocked family initiated a correspondence debating her decision to marry an Indian. Providing firsthand documentation of race relations in the early 19th-century US, this volume collects this correspondence