1824: The Arkansas War

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**Title** **1824: The Arkansas War**
Author	Eric Flint
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Alternate History
Publisher	Del Rey
Released	November 28, 2006
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	427 (hc edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-345-46569-5
Preceded by	1812: The Rivers of War

1824: The Arkansas War is a 2006 alternate history novel by American writer Eric Flint.

1 Summary
2 Themes
3 Historical Figures Appearing in the Novel
4 External links

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The story, takes place in 1824–25, ten years after 1812: The Rivers of War. The United States, under the influence of Sam Houston, the Commissioner for Indian Affairs, has signed a treaty with the southern Indian tribes, establishing Confederacy of chiefdoms in the territory that in our time line is composed of the State of Arkansas west of the Red River, and the State of Oklahoma without the Panhandle.

The easternmost chiefdon, Arkansas, is ruled by Patrick Driscoll, the "Laird". Arkansas has banned slavery, and has become a magnet for freedmen throughout the United States, who are forced to leave Northern states. Under the influence of Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, states pass Freedmen Exclusion Acts, compelling free blacks to quit their territory. One such family, the Parker family, leaves Baltimore, Maryland, after the head of the household is killed by a mob of whites. They are stopped on the Ohio River by slave-catchers, who will take them before a friendly judge, have them declared runaway slaves, and sold. However, before the slave-catchers can haul the Parkers away, a party of abolitionists led by John Brown and his brother Solomon Brown intervenes.