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File name : Ebook the other slavery the uncovered story of indian enslavement in america.pdf
Author : andres resendez
Publisher : houghton mifflin harcourt
Descriptions : 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 centurysince the time of columbus indian slavery was illegal in much of the american continent yet as andres resendez illuminates in his myth shattering the other slavery 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 resendez 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 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 truly to see
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