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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.

Alan Gallay is a professor of history at Texas Christian University. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717, winner of the 2003 Bancroft Prize, and Voices of the Old South: Eyewitness Accounts, 1528-1861.

ISBN-13: 9780803268494

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Nebraska

Publication Date: 07-01-2015

Pages: 448

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

Alan Gallay is a professor of history at Texas Christian University. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670–1717, winner of the 2003 Bancroft Prize, and Voices of the Old South: Eyewitness Accounts, 1528–1861.

Table of Contents


List of Maps     

Introduction: Indian Slavery in Historical Context   

Alan Gallay

1. Indian Slavery in Colonial New England

      Margaret Ellen Newell

2. “They shalbe slaves for their lives”: Indian Slavery in Colonial Virginia 

Chris Everett

3. South Carolina’s Entrance into the Indian Slave Trade   

      Alan Gallay

4. Anxious Alliances: Apalachicola Efforts to Survive the Slave Trade, 16381705

Joseph Hall

5. Apalachee Testimony in Florida: A View of Slavery from the Spanish Archives

Jennifer Baszile

6. Indian Slavery in Southeastern Indian and British Societies, 16701730

Denise I. Bossy

7. The Making of a Militaristic Slaving Society: The Chickasaws and the Colonial Indian Slave Trade

Robbie Ethridge

8. A Spectrum of Indian Bondage in Spanish Texas     

Juliana Barr

9. "We Betray Our Own Nation": Indian Slavery and Multi-ethnic Communities in the Southwest Borderlands

James F. Brooks

10. “A Little Flesh We Offer You”: The Origins of Indian Slavery in New France     

Brett Rushforth

11. John Askin and Indian Slavery at Michilimackinac 

E. A. S. Demers

List of Contributors   

Index