Slavery Evolution Cherokee Society 1540-1866

Name: Slavery Evolution Cherokee Society 1540-1866
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ISBN: 9780870495304

ISBN-10: 0870495305

ISBN-13: 9780870495304

Edition: 1987

Authors: Theda Perdue

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Slavery was practiced among North American Indians long before Europeans arrived on these shores, bringing their own version of this "peculiar institution." Unlike the European institution, however, Native American slavery was function of warfare among tribes, replenishment of population lost through intertribal conflict or disease, and establishment and preservation of tribal standards of behavior. American Indians had little use, in primary purpose of slavery among Europeans. Theda Perdue here traces the history of slavery among the Cherokee Indians as it evolved from 1540 to 1866, indicating not only why the intrusion of whites, "slaves" contributed nothing to the Cherokee economy.…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Publication date: 7/6/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Theda Perdue is professor of history at the University of North Carolina and author of Cherokee Women.Michael D. Green is professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina and author of The Creeks.