SLAVES AND INDIANS

Mair looks on the slavery to Indians in North America during the 19th century. Here, discussed that slaveholding was more lenient than the slavery practised by whites as the Indigenous peoples of North America were natural allies to enslaved Africans. The role of Native Americans in the history of N...

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Published inHistory today Vol. 70; no. 2; p. 58
Main Author Mair, Edward
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London History Today Ltd 01.02.2020
Subjects
Colonialism
History
Native North Americans
Native peoples
Slavery
North America
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Summary:Mair looks on the slavery to Indians in North America during the 19th century. Here, discussed that slaveholding was more lenient than the slavery practised by whites as the Indigenous peoples of North America were natural allies to enslaved Africans. The role of Native Americans in the history of North American slavery is beginning to be properly quantified. This does not only mean highlighting the large numbers of Indigenous people that were taken as slaves in North America, but also exposing the many ways in which Native Americans were active participants in the economy of slavery and slaveholding. Europeans did not introduce slavery to the New World, but settler colonialism changed the emphasis, scale and characteristics of the practice.
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ISSN:0018-2753