TY - BOOK ID - 77876282 TI - The formative period in Alabama, 1815-1828 PY - 1990 SN - 0817382542 9780817382544 081730486X 9780817304867 PB - Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - Alabama KW - History KW - Slavery KW - History. KW - Abolition of slavery KW - Antislavery KW - Enslavement KW - Mui tsai KW - Ownership of slaves KW - Servitude KW - Slave keeping KW - Slave system KW - Slaveholding KW - Thralldom KW - Crimes against humanity KW - Serfdom KW - Slaveholders KW - Slaves KW - Enslaved persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876282 AB - The Formative Period in Alabama, 1815-1828 is a beautifully crafted history of the evolution of the state written by Thomas Perkins Abernethy in 1922. The work shows how Alabama grew out of the Mississippi Territory and discusses the economic and political development during the years just before and just after Alabama became a state. Abernethy's story begins when Alabama existed as the eastern part of the Mississippi Territory, settled primarily by Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks, a few traders, and some brave but foolhardy "squatters" who thought to supplant the India ER -