Indigenous Nations Enslaved in the Colonial Southeast, 1500–1865: The Nations That Assisted Colonizers in Their Enslavement

Indigenous Nations Enslaved in the Colonial Southeast: The Nations That Assisted Colonizers in Their Enslavement (1500–1865) examines the largely forgotten history of Native American enslavement in the Southeastern regions of North America.Long before plantation slavery became dominant in the American South, colonial powers and traders established a vast system of Indigenous slavery. Beginning in the sixteenth century and expanding dramatically after the founding of the English colony of Carolina in 1670, thousands of Indigenous people were captured, displaced, and sold into slavery through a network of colonial alliances, warfare, and trade.This book documents more than 120 Indigenous nations that lived across the Colonial Southeast and explores how colonial governments, traders, and certain Native alliances contributed to the rise of the Carolina Indian Slave Trade (1670–1715). Entire communities were destroyed, forced to migrate, or absorbed into other populations as the region was transformed by colonial expansion.Drawing from colonial records, missionary accounts, and historical research, this work provides a comprehensive examination of the Indigenous nations affected by the slave trade and the political and military forces that shaped the early history of the American Southeast.The book offers an important resource for readers interested in Native American history, colonial America, genealogy, and the early origins of slavery in North America. Read more