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Author Greene, Lance, 1963- author.

Title Their determination to remain a Cherokee community's resistance to the Trail of Tears in North Carolina / Lance Greene
Published Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Indians and southern history
Indians and southern history.
Summary "This book tells the remarkable story of a Cherokee community in the mountains of North Carolina who survived the aftermath of the Trail of Tears. The story is explored through the lives of wealthy plantation owners Betty and John Welch and the members of their extended family. John was Cherokee, and Betty was White. Their farm, which included nine enslaved Africans, was on the northeastern edge of the Cherokee Nation at the time of the Cherokee removal of 1838. During removal, the Welches assisted roughly 150 more traditional Cherokees hiding in the steep mountains. After the removal, the Welches provided land for these families to rebuild a community, Welch's Town. From 1839 to 1855 the Welch plantation and Welch's Town functioned as distinct but tightly connected communities"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Welch, Betty, 1795-1885.
Welch, John, 1783-1857.
Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- History -- 19th century
Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Government relations -- 1789-1869
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
Plantation owners -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County -- Biography
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians -- Government relations
Plantation owners
North Carolina -- Cherokee County
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817393854
0817393854
Other Titles Cherokee community's resistance to the Trail of Tears in North Carolina