Title: The other slavery
Description: A landmark history: the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early 20th century. Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors, then forced to descend into the "mouth of hell" of eighteenth-century silver mines or, later, made to serve as domestics for Mormon settlers and rich Anglos. Reséndez builds the case that it was mass slavery--more than epidemics--that decimated Indian populations across North America. New evidence, including testimonies of courageous priests, rapacious merchants, Indian captives, and Anglo colonists, sheds light too on Indian enslavement of other Indians--as what started as a European business passed into the hands of indigenous operators and spread like wildfire across vast tracts of the American Southwest. The Other Slavery reveals nothing less than a key missing piece of American history. For over two centuries we have fought over, abolished, and tried to come to grips with African-American slavery. It is time for the West to confront an entirely separate, equally devastating enslavement we have long failed to see truly.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Subjects: Slave trade, Indians of North America, Indian slaves, Treatment of Indians, Slavery, History, Slavery, united states, history, Indians, treatment of, Indians of north america, history, Political science, Enslavement, North American Indians, Treatment of Native peoples, Esclaves indiens d'Amérique, Histoire, Esclaves, Commerce, Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amérique, Esclavage, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Civil Rights, Public Policy, Cultural Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, Cultural, Popular Culture, Indianer, Sklaverei, Indigenes Volk, Native American slaves, Native Americans, Government relations, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Indian slaves--history, Indian slaves--united states--history, Slave trade--history, Slave trade--united states--history, Indians, treatment of--history, Indians, treatment of--united states--history, Indians of north america--history, Slavery--history, Slavery--united states--history, Indian slaves--north america--history, Indians, treatment of--north america--history, Slave trade--north america--history, Slavery--north america--history, Indians of north america, E98.s6 r47 2016, 306.3/620973
Places: United States, North America