Stealing America : the hidden story of Indigenous slavery in US history / Linford D. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Linford D., Author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved Indians--North America--History.

Enslaved Indians.

Enslaved Indians--United States--History.

Slavery--North America--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--United States--History.

Indians, Treatment of--North America--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History.

Slave trade--North America--History.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 537 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Hidden story of Indigenous slavery in U.S. history

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2026]

Contents:

Prologue : stealing Indigenous people and land

Part one : Rise (1492-1650). Colonial templates

American slavery

Thing justification

Part two : Expansion (1650-1750). The erased Caribbean trade

Forced diasporas

Resistance in the southeast

The Miskitu trade

Part three : Transitions (1750-1820). Everyday opportunism

A king's proclamation

Revolutionary rage contre-indienne

A surge of freedom

Part four : Resurgence (1820-1880). Removals and plantations

A new American slavery

Paradoxical civil wars

Abolishing peonage

Part five : Transformations (1880-1978). The primer and the hoe

Lost sparrows and self-determination

Epilogue : forgetting and remembering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781324094968 (electronic bk.)

1324094966 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90104867416

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.