{"product_id":"red-jacket-iroquois-diplomat-and-orator-paperback","title":"Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Densmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first modern biography of Red jacket, Christopher Densmore sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political career of Red Jacket (1758-1830) began just before the American Revolution, when both the Americans and the British sought the alliance of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. By the 1790s, Red Jacket was frequently the diplomat chosen by the Seneca Nation and the Iroquois Confederacy to represent them in councils and treaty negotiations between the United States, the British in Canada, and the Indian nations of the Ohio Country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRed Jacket spoke eloquently against the sale of Indian lands, against the encroachment of the white man's religion and culture, and in defense of Indian sovereignty. His speeches were widely known in his own lifetime and continue to be reprinted.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Densmore\u003c\/b\u003e, Archivist, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eQuaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of New York Yearly Meetings\u003c\/i\u003e (Syracuse University Press). He has written articles for \u003ci\u003eNew York History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuaker History\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.51 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757815267616,"sku":"9780815605485","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d595fafa8ccc31324021a1bb83f934b3.webp?v=1780112406","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/red-jacket-iroquois-diplomat-and-orator-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}