Title: The lost state of Franklin
First published: 2008
Description: Amid the economic turmoil, Native American warfare, and political unrest following the Revolutionary War, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley declared their region independent from North Carolina and formed the state of Franklin. In The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession, Kevin T. Barksdale chronicles the rise and fall of the ill-fated Franklin statehood movement. Barksdale describes the dramatic four years in which the Franklinites crafted a backcountry bureaucracy, expanded their regional market economy, and nearly eradicated the southwestern frontier's Native American population, all with the goal of becoming America's fourteenth state. Although the Franklin statehood movement collapsed in 1788, East Tennesseans still regard Franklin as a symbol of their rugged individualism, regional identity, and civic dignity. - Publisher.
Subjects: Politics and government, Case studies, Social conflict, Social conditions, Secession, History, Franklin (state), Southern states, history, Tennessee river and valley
Places: Tennessee River Valley, United States, Franklin (State)
LC classification: F436 .B268 2008