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Brethren by nature : New England Indians, colonists, and the origins of American slavery /
In 'Brethren by Nature', Margaret Ellen Newell reveals a little-known aspect of American history: English colonists in New England enslaved thousands of Indians. Massachusetts became the first English colony to legalize slavery in 1641, and the colonists' desire for slaves shaped the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Introduction : the problem of Indian slavery in early America
- David's warre : the Pequot War and the origins of slavery in New England
- I doe not see how we can thrive until wee get into a stock of slaves : slavery in the Puritan Atlantic world
- Indians we have received into our houses : Pequot War captives in New England households
- Such a servant is part of her master's estate : acculturation, resistance, and the making of a hybrid society
- An Indian to help in the work : the importance of Indian labor in the New England economy
- We sold 47 Indians, young and old, for 80£ in money : enslavement in King Philip's War
- As good if not better then the Moorish slaves : law, slavery, and the second native diaspora
- Free men subjects to the king : the search for enslavable Indians in the Northeast and Southeast
- To be sold in any part of ye kings dominyons : judicial enslavement of New England Indians
- Epilogue : Indians and the origins of American slavery and abolitionism.