“To Preserve This Remnant:” William Apess, the Mashpee Indians, and the Politics of Nullification

This article situates the work of American Indian writer and activist William Apess in the context of contemporaneous debates around removal of the Cherokee nation from the state of Georgia and the secession crisis brought on by South Carolina. These two national political battles inform the work Ap...

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Main Author: Neil Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2018-06-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12635