Brethren by nature : New England Indians, colonists, and the origins of American slavery /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newell, Margaret Ellen, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.