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

Informationen zum Autor Christina Snyder is Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Indiana University. Zusammenfassung 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. This book demonstrates the profound role of Native American history in the American past.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Snyder, Snyder Christina
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2012
• EAN: 9780674064232
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06423-2
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Relating to Native American people, Slavery and abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies