The Yemassee
by William Gilmore Simms · 1835
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Viewed from today's perspective, The Yemassee dramatically and unflinchingly bares the manipulation, exploitation, and eventual genocide of a proud indigenous nation that preferred extinction to the surrender of its land and the subjugation of its people.
FictionFrontier and pioneer lifeHistoryIndians of North AmericaYamassee IndiansIndiens d'AmériqueSouth carolina, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, historical, generalFrontier and pioneer life, fictionIndians of north america, fictionFiction, romance, historical, general