Slavery in Indian Country The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America

Name: Slavery in Indian Country The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America
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ISBN: 9780674064232

ISBN-10: 0674064232

ISBN-13: 9780674064232

Edition: 2010

Authors: Christina Snyder

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Description:

Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. Christina Snyder’s pathbreaking book takes a familiar setting for bondage, the American South, and places Native Americans at the center of her engrossing story.Indian warriors captured a wide range of enemies, including Africans, Europeans, and other Indians. Yet until the late eighteenth century, age and gender more than race affected the fate of captives. As economic and political crises mounted, however, Indians began to racialize slavery and target African…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Christina Snyder is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Indiana University.



List of Figures


Introduction



Inequality, War, and Captivity



The Indian Slave Trade



Crying Blood and Captive Death



Incorporating Outsiders



Owned People



Violent Intimacy



Racial Slavery



Seminoles and African Americans


Conclusion


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index