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This state was relatively unknown to the English until the G ist exploration , but by the early 1770s, long hunters had confirmed that it had no permanent Indian inhabitants. Indians gave up their claims by the treaties of C amp C harlotte and S ycamore S hoals . In 1775 the first Anglo—American settlement beyond the Appalachians was made at Harrodsburg, just as Daniel B oone blazed the W ilderness R oad for the T ransylvania C olony . In the R evolutionary W ar , the British directed Indian raids at Ky., which was the staging ground for George Rogers C lark's campaigns. Population rose sharply after 1780. Dissatisfaction with US failure to pacify the Indians and secure the right of deposit led its leaders to join the S panish C onspiracy . After the first treaty of G reenville ended Indian warfare and the treaty of S an L orenzo gained the right of deposit, its population doubled from 1795 to 1800. In 1800, it had 220,955 inhabitants, of whom 19 percent were slaves. Too far north to grow cotton, it was a major producer of tobacco, hemp, and livestock. In 1860 it had 1,155,684 inhabitants, of whom 20 percent were slaves and 5 percent were foreign-born; it ranked ninth among the states in population, seventh in the value of its farmland and livestock, and 15th in manufactures. The C ivil W ar badly divided Ky. The C onfederacy recognized it as its 13th state, ... log in or subscribe to read full text