Backcountry Revolution

Witherspoon Lecture Series
Featuring Dr. Aaron Astor
Backcountry Revolution: Two Wars in Southern Appalachia and the Creation of the American Republic

“The American Revolution in Southern Appalachia produced two simultaneous and overlapping wars: one between European and Indigenous peoples over control of the land and the other between American patriots, British loyalists, and the army of the British Empire over the nature of liberty and governance itself. The struggles in the American backcountry helped secure independence and pave the way for an expanded American Republic in the West.”