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.
#663984 in Books University of Nebraska Press 2012-10-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .91 x 5.98l; 1.31 #File Name: 0803243529464 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. very informative...By Robert T Jordanas one who lives and works in the NEPA area that Prof Preston writes of; I thoroughly enjoy this work.