Indian Slavery in Colonial America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803222007)

European enslavement of American Indians began with Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. The slave trade expanded with European colonies, and though African slave labor filled many needs, huge numbers of America's indigenous peoples continued to be captured and forced to work as slaves. Although central to the process of colony building in what became the United States, this phenomena has received scant attention from historians.

Indian Slavery in Colonial America, edited by Alan Gallay, examines the complicated dynamics of Indian enslavement. How and why Indians became both slaves of the Europeans and suppliers of slavery's victims is the subject of this book. The essays in this collection use Indian slavery as a lens through which to explore both Indian and European societies and their interactions, as well as relations between and among Native groups.

Author: Alan Gallay
ISBN-10: 0803222009
ISBN-13: 9780803222007
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2010