17th Century Carolina, Florida, and Native Peoples

When the English crown created the new colony of Carolina in 1663 it was establishing a beachhead in territories its Spanish rivals had long claimed as part of Florida. But the Europeans’ rivalry was just one of many in a region where multiple Native American forces also contended for power. Join Professor Daniel Richter as he outlines the multi-sided contests that shaped the early history of southeastern North America.

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Daniel K. Richter’s research and teaching focus is on colonial North America and Native American history before 1800. He is the Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Richter’s books on history include Before the Revolution: America’s Ancient Pasts, which was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the ten best non-fiction books of 2011; and Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, which was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in History. His most recent book is Trade, Land, Power: The Struggle for Eastern North America. He currently holds a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a Distinguished Fellow in Early American History at the Huntington Library, California.