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Setting all the captives free capture, adjustment, and recollection in Allegheny country / Ian K. Steele.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Montréal and Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 688 pages :) illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773589896
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E199 .S488 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Taking Traders, 1745-54 -- Colonial Soldiers Take Captives, 1754.
Taken in Sieges and Surrenders, 1756-58 -- Taken in Battles, 1755-59 -- Indian War with Traders and Soldiers, 1763-65 -- Indian War with White Settlers, 1763-6.
Allegheny White Indians -- Escaped -- The Bereft.
Redeemed and Exchanged, 1745-62 -- Forced Return of Captives -- Imperial Moment, 1765.
Captivating Accounts, 1755-1826 -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Named Captives Taken on the Allegheny Frontier.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Part 1 : Captured in "Peacetime". Taken along Warriors' Paths -- Taking Traders, 1745-54 -- Colonial Soldiers Take Captives, 1754.

Part 2 : Captured in War. Taken in Raids, 1754-59 -- Taken in Sieges and Surrenders, 1756-58 -- Taken in Battles, 1755-59 -- Indian War with Traders and Soldiers, 1763-65 -- Indian War with White Settlers, 1763-6.

Part 3 : Captivity, Conversion, and Escape. Trails into Captivity -- Allegheny White Indians -- Escaped -- The Bereft.

Part 4 : Setting all the Captives Free. Diplomacy of Gift Exchange, 1756-62 -- Redeemed and Exchanged, 1745-62 -- Forced Return of Captives -- Imperial Moment, 1765.

Part 5 : Afterwards and Afterwods. Restoring and Revising Identities -- Captivating Accounts, 1755-1826 -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Named Captives Taken on the Allegheny Frontier.

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