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- A Stranger and a Sojourner: Peter Caulder, Free Black Frontiersman in Antebellum Arkansas
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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A Stranger and a Sojourner: Peter Caulder, Free Black Frontiersman in Antebellum Arkansas tells the extraordinary story of Peter Caulder, a free African American settler in the Arkansas Territory. After serving as a rifleman in the war of 1812, Caulder established a community of free-born African Americans in northern Arkansas and was largely accepted by his white neighbors until an 1859 expulsion law forced the community to flee the state and settle in Missouri. Like many frontier people, Peter Caulder was unschooled and signed his name only with a mark. To document such a man’s life, and to determine how he thrived within a slave society and came to join a free black backwoods community, Billy Higgins has skillfully interwoven oft-neglected primary sources—many of which are reproduced here—from around the country; and through the information revealed in censuses, tax records, sutler’s account books, army returns, folk stories, land warrants, traveler’s journals, and newspaper notices, a fascinating—and groundbreaking—account of Caulder, his family, his friends, and his community has emerged.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction: A Stranger and a Sojourner
- pp. xi-xvi
- Chapter One. Catfish Creek
- pp. 1-16
- Chapter Two. Rifleman
- pp. 17-34
- Chapter Four. Army Guide
- pp. 55-82
- Chapter Five. Fort Smith
- pp. 83-110
- Chapter Eight. Flush Times and the Storm
- pp. 165-194
- Appendix A
- pp. 223-234
- Appendix B
- pp. 235-274
- Appendix C
- pp. 275-282
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 325-338
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610754064
Related ISBN(s)
9781557288059
MARC Record
OCLC
1080549343
Pages
367
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2004