1824: The Arkansas War

Following the War of 1812, Sam Houston's relocation of southern Indian tribes to Oklahoma also brought many black inhabitants of North America. Many states in the USA passed laws ordering the expulsion of black freedmen, who joined the migration of the southern Indian tribes and settled in Arkansas. This led to a hybrid nation of Indians, black people, and white settlers, which was intolerable for the slaveholding states. Speaker of the House Henry Clay found a champion in Sam Houston and his friends and allies, who were building a powerful army of their own in Arkansas. The crisis was brought to a head by the election of 1824, which led to a bloody crisis of conscience, politics, economics, and military action, drawing in players from as far away as England.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2022
Publisher: Baen Books

Following the War of 1812, Sam Houston's orchestration of the relocation of southern Indian tribes to Oklahoma also resulted in the displacement of numerous black people from North America. Numerous American states, both free and slaveholding, have passed legislation mandating the expulsion of black freedmen. With nowhere else to go, they joined the migration of the southern Indian tribes and settled in Arkansas. By 1824, a hybrid nation of Indians, black people, and a number of white settlers had emerged. The slaveholding states found a champion in Speaker of the House Henry Clay, whose longstanding ambition to become President of the United States looked to be coming to fruition. However, Sam Houston and his friends and allies, including freedman Charles Ball, a former gunner for the US Navy and now a general in the Arkansas army, and the Irish revolutionary Patrick Driscol, were building a powerful army of their own in Arkansas. The crisis came to a head with the election of 1824, which sparked a war that would be a bloody crisis of conscience, politics, economics, and military action, drawing in players from as far away as England. For men such as outgoing president James Monroe, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, charismatic war hero Andrew Jackson, and the violent abolitionist John Brown, it was a time to change history itself.

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Weight: 395g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982192174