The other slavery : the uncovered story of Indian enslavement in America
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016], [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016], [2017].
Language
English
UPC
40025926715
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in this book, 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 incisive 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 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 truly to see.
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.
Awards
Finalist, National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2016.
Awards
Bancroft Prize in American History and Dipolomacy, 2017.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Enslaved Indians -- North America -- History.
Enslaved Indians -- United States -- History.
History.
Indians of North America -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- North America -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- United States -- History.
Slave trade -- North America -- History.
Slave trade -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- North America -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Enslaved Indians -- United States -- History.
History.
Indians of North America -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- North America -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- United States -- History.
Slave trade -- North America -- History.
Slave trade -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- North America -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Bisac Subjects
Other Subjects
Native American slaves -- History.
Native Americans -- Government relations -- History -- North America.
Native Americans -- Government relations -- History -- United States.
Native Americans -- History -- North America.
Slave trade -- History -- North America.
Slave trade -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- History -- North America.
Slavery -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- North America -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Native Americans -- Government relations -- History -- North America.
Native Americans -- Government relations -- History -- United States.
Native Americans -- History -- North America.
Slave trade -- History -- North America.
Slave trade -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- History -- North America.
Slavery -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- North America -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.