Colonial Georgia and the Creeks

John T. Juricek's Colonial Georgia and the Creeks provides an in-depth and detailed study of diplomatic relations between colonial officials and southeastern Indians, primarily the Creeks, from the founding of the Georgia Colony through the end of the French and Indian War. The book also addresses aspects of South Carolina colonial history and analyzes Georgia's relationship with other Indian nations, most notably the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees. Juricek asserts that diplomacy between colonial Georgia and the Creeks often centered on the issue of land. This is a rather obvious point, but he complicates it by carefully tracing the ways that many land disputes actually hinged on questions of sovereignty, both Indian and English. This is especially true in his analysis of the Bosomworth controversy, a protracted dispute between Mary Musgrove (later Bosomworth) and Georgia officials regarding her claims to land purportedly granted to her by the Creeks. Musgrove was of mixed Creek and English parentage and was uniquely enabled to provide important services to the colony as an interpreter, trader, and diplomat. As Juricek makes clear, however, her background was also the sticking point in debates about the legality of her land claims. Although many earlier histories have discussed the Bosomworth crisis, Juricek's account is the most nuanced to date and will likely become the definitive source on the topic

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