Slavery had been practiced by Native Americans long before the arrival of Europeans in the region. Individuals from one tribe might be captured by another for a variety of reasons, but whatever the outcome or the reason for their status was, it was culturally assumed that the enslaved had failed at something to deserve it – such as the ‘having recklessly exposed himself to a risk, thus paying for the gamble or in some way allowing himself to be captured.

Collection: Images, Texts

Project: 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.

Chronology: Modern age to contemporary

Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education

Link: https://www.worldhistory.org/trans/it/2-1742/la-schiavizzazione-dei-nativi-nellamerica-colonial/

Resource type: Document, Image

Format: Images|Texts

Source: website: World History Enclyclopedia

Language: Italian, French, Spanish

Date: 1600-1900

Owner: Beatrice Borghi (Modernalia)

Abstract: The enslavement of the natives in colonial America. From Joshua J. Mark, translate by Alfonso Vincenzo Mauro