Stealing Indian Women
Author | : Carl J. Ekberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015070768174 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Stealing Indian Women written by Carl J. Ekberg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley during the colonial era. Based almost entirely on original source documents from the United States, France, and Spain, Carl J. Ekberg's Stealing Indian Women provides a novel overview of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley. His detailed study of a fascinating and convoluted criminal case involving various slave women and a métis (mixed-blood) woodsman named Céladon illuminates race and gender relations, Creole culture, and the lives of Indian slaves--particularly women--in ways never before possible.