Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
"Brilliantly bringing together Native American and Atlantic History,Bonds of Allianceoffers a nuanced analysis of shifting forms, meanings, and experiences of slavery. Rushforth draws on prodigious and wide-ranging research, using travel narratives, social history, and linguistic analysis to tell a rich and vivid story. A tremendous contribution to our understanding of the French Atlantic."--Laurent Dubois, Duke University"AvecBonds of Alliance, l'histoire de l'esclavage en Amérique ne sera plus jamais la même. Porté par une écriture puissante et par une époustouflante érudition, l'ouvrage de Brett Rushforth montre que non seulement plusieurs systèmes serviles ont coexisté sur le continent américain à l'époque moderne mais aussi qu'ils opéraient à des échelles et à des fins bien différentes que ce qu'a retenu l'historiographie."--Dominique Deslandres, Université de Montréal"This pioneering approach to colonial North American history traces the traffic in Native American captives from the continental heartland into slavery in French Canada and on the sugar plantations of the Caribbean. . . . A highly original and strongly argued study that will force us to rethink the received wisdom on Native-French relations."--Allan Greer, McGill University"Rushforth imaginatively uses French and Native sources to illuminate a largely forgotten but vitally important chapter of the American encounter. . . . He never loses sight of the human stories, especially of enslaved Natives, which form the larger patterns he has found. A remarkable achievement."--James H. Merrell, Vassar College