Indian slavery in colonial times within the present limits of the United StatesLauber, Almon Wheeler
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Indian slavery in colonial times within the present limits of the United States
Lauber, Almon Wheeler
Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of -- United States; Slavery -- United States; Thesis (Ph. D.)
Toungletat, Indian slavery among, 45
Trade, leading employment of French-American colonists, 87;
means of obtaining Indian slaves, 168–195
Treasurer, of colony, authorized to sell Indians, 139, 140, 148
Treatment, of Indian slaves, 39–42, 55–57, 86–92, 250, 282;
not different from treatment of negroes, 250
Tusayan, tribe, enslave Indians of Payupki, 38
Tuscarora, war, captives enslaved, 121, 122, 133;
cause of, 197;
Indians, runaway, 222
Uncas, chief, exchanges land for Indian slave, 277
United Colonies of New England, authorize enslavement of Indians, 138;
recognize property rights in Indian slaves, 222;
letter to Governor Kieft, 223
Ute, tribe, slavery among, 45, 46
Vancouver Island, Indian slavery on, 45
Verrazano, kidnaps Indians, 71
Vesey, Reverend, on Indian slaves in New York, 114
Vincennes, church records of, 89;
slavery at, 92
Virginia, Indian slaves in, 30, 108, 118, 119, 127, 180, 187, 271,
301;
assembly authorizes transportation and sale of Indians, 131–132;
act against kidnapping Indians, 166;
early trade with Indians, 185;
policy regarding enslavement of Indians, 185;
act against enslavement of Indian children, 198;
sentences Indians to slavery, 202–203;
act concerning runaway slaves, 221;
regards Indian slaves as taxables, 227–230;
levies import duties on, 235, 237;
forbids marriage of free whites and Indian slaves, 252;
decrees child of an Indian to be a mulatto, 254;
forbids slaves to testify in court except at trial of slaves, 255;
provides special courts for trial of slaves, 256;
votes to educate Indian servants, 270;
legally designates slaves in 1670, 270;
repeals act of 1670, 272;
requires registration of slaves, 271;
act concerning manumission of slaves, 278, 279;
regulates actions of freedmen, 280;
decrease in number of Indians, 286;
requires license to hire Indians, 292;
indentured Indians in, 295;
abolishes Indian slavery, 312;
supreme court decision regarding abolition of Indian slavery, 313
Voyageurs, 64
Waineoke, King of, sells Indian to Elizabeth Short, 270, 301
Wakashan, tribe, 33
Waldron, Major, seizes Indians at Cocheco, 147;
issues warrants for seizure of Indians, 161;
indicted for stealing and selling Indians, 161
Wallawalla, river, 33
Wampum, 35, 37
Waniah, tribe, at war with South Carolina, 177
Washington, General George, proposes to enlist slaves, 248
West, Governor, sells Indians as slaves, 119, 134;
removed from office by proprietors, 174;
cautioned by proprietors against appointing certain deputies, 174
West Indies, 78;
Indians carried to, 68, 97, 119, 124, 127, 133–134, 169, 180, 185,
202, 302
West Virginia, slave courts in, 256
Western Company, charter of, 101;
imports negroes into Louisiana, 101
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