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Wharton, Samuel

 
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Sinopsis

Uncover the frontier of fair dealing and power in early American history. This examination sheds light on how land rights, treaties, and colonial authority intersected with Native nations at a pivotal moment.

This edition presents a critical look at claims, counterclaims, and the legal maneuvers surrounding land in the Ohio Valley and beyond. It focuses on the rights of Indian nations, the actions of colonial and imperial authorities, and the complex process of negotiating and enforcing boundaries. The material reflects the tensions between private interests, crown obligations, and the evolving sovereignty of the new United States.


  • Context for the Six Nations and other tribes in colonial diplomacy and land negotiations.

  • How grants, treaties, and proclamations shaped the bargaining landscape between traders, settlers, and Native nations.

  • Key figures and documents involved in debates over land boundaries and compensation.

  • Insight into how private interests influenced public policy and the transition from British to American governance.



Ideal for readers of early American history, Native American studies, and legal-historical examinations of land rights.

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Excerpt from Plain Facts: Being an Examination Into the Rights of the Indian Nations of America, to Their Respective Countries

Judge Blackflone, {peaking of the right of migration, or of fending colonies to find out new habitations, when the inother country was over charged with inhabitants, fays, fo long as it was confined to the flock ing and cultivation of defer! Uninhabited countries, it kept {irifily within the limits of the law of nature. But (continues be) how far the feiz ing on countries already peopled, and driving out the innocent and de fencelefs nativesg merely becaufe they differed from their invaders in language, in religion, in cufloms, in government, or in colour; how far fuch conduft was confonant to nature, to reafon, or to Chriflianity, deferved well to be confidered by thofe who have rendered their names immortal by that civilizing mankind.

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