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Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (review)

Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century... 96Southern Cultures less self-sufficient, and, Braund says, the "abandonment of traditional training in native crafts and manufacturing fractured the bond" between parents and children, leading to a large and troublesome generation gap. The British triumph over the French and Spanish in 1763 removed those powers from the region and eliminated the competition that had kept down the price of English goods. European fashion turned away from deerskins, new and less experienced traders entered the region, and the Revolutionary War brought severe disruption to lines of commerce. Meanwhile, the deer population declined drastically, while the Creeks' own population gradually grew larger and more needy. To offset mounting debt and the loss of profits from land that was being steadily usurped without payment, the Indians sold off valuable hunting grounds to encroaching whites. The New Purchase of 1773, for example, helped Creeks and Cherokees erase huge debts but cost them 2.5 million acres and fostered bitter divisions. As a result of all these forces, Braund explains, "more Creeks were searching for fewer deer on less land to satisfy greater demands for European goods on which they had become totally dependent." This story of traditional self-sufficiency giving way to dependency on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (review)

Walker, Clarence E.
Southern Cultures , Volume 1 (1) – Jan 4, 1994
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96Southern Cultures less self-sufficient, and, Braund says, the "abandonment of traditional training in native crafts and manufacturing fractured the bond" between parents and children, leading to a large and troublesome generation gap. The British triumph over the French and Spanish in 1763 removed those powers from the region and eliminated the competition that had kept down the price of English goods. European fashion turned away from deerskins, new and less experienced traders entered the region, and the Revolutionary War brought severe disruption to lines of commerce. Meanwhile, the deer population declined drastically, while the Creeks' own population gradually grew larger and more needy. To offset mounting debt and the loss of profits from land that was being steadily usurped without payment, the Indians sold off valuable hunting grounds to encroaching whites. The New Purchase of 1773, for example, helped Creeks and Cherokees erase huge debts but cost them 2.5 million acres and fostered bitter divisions. As a result of all these forces, Braund explains, "more Creeks were searching for fewer deer on less land to satisfy greater demands for European goods on which they had become totally dependent." This story of traditional self-sufficiency giving way to dependency on

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Published: Jan 4, 1994

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