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American culture has long celebrated the heroism framed by Kentucky's frontier wars. Spanning the period from the 1720s when Ohio River valley Indians returned to their homeland to the American defeat of the British and their Indian allies in the War of 1812, Kentucke's Frontiers examines the political, military, religious, and public memory narratives of early Kentucky. Craig Thompson Friend explains how frontier terror framed that heroism, undermining the egalitarian promise of Kentucke and transforming a trans-Appalachian region into an Old South state. From county courts and the state legislature to church tribunals and village stores, patriarchy triumphed over racial and gendered equality, creating political and economic opportunity for white men by denying it for all others. Even in remembering their frontier past, Kentuckians abandoned the egalitarianism of frontier life and elevated white males to privileged places in Kentucky history and memory.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Contents
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. p. ix
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xvii-xxiv
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  1. 1. The Indians’ Frontiers
  2. pp. 1-31
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  1. 2. Colonial Kentucke
  2. pp. 32-62
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  1. 3. Revolutions
  2. pp. 63-98
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  1. 4. Peopling Kentucke
  2. pp. 99-133
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  1. 5. Seeking Security and Stability
  2. pp. 134-171
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  1. 6. From Kentucke to Kentucky
  2. pp. 172-210
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  1. 7. An Old South Frontier
  2. pp. 211-253
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  1. 8. Remembering
  2. pp. 254-288
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 289-294
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  1. Citations and Essays on Sources
  2. pp. 295-357
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 359-369
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