Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France

by Brett Rushforth

Overview

Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781469613864
Publisher:	Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	02/01/2014
Series:	Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Edition description:	1
Pages:	424
Sales rank:	735,049
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Brett Rushforth is associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary.

Table of Contents

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French colonists and their Native allies participated in a slave trade that spanned half of North America, carrying thousands of Native Americans into bondage in the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Caribbean. In Bonds of Alliance, Brett Rushforth reveals the dynamics of this system from its origins to the end of French colonial rule. Balancing a vast geographic and chronological scope with careful attention to the lives of enslaved individuals, this book gives voice to those who lived through the ordeal of slavery and, along the way, shaped French and Native societies.

What People are Saying About This

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Rushforth imaginatively uses French and Native sources to illuminate a largely forgotten but vitally important chapter of the American encounter. . . . He never loses sight of the human stories, especially of enslaved Natives, which form the larger patterns he has found. A remarkable achievement.—James H. Merrell, Vassar College

Editorial Reviews

The extensive use of linguistic and archaeological evidence makes this a pathbreaking work. . . . Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty.—Choice



A sophisticated analysis. . . . This academic work could also introduce a general readership to a wide range of subjects across disciplines including French colonial diplomacy, law, sexuality, race, slavery, and Latin America.—Arkansas Historical Quarterly



Sets a new standard for scholarship on Indian slaver in the French colonial world.—New West Indian Guide



Compelling...powerfully argued...brilliant...a landmark of historical interpretation.—Julie Saville, University of Chicago



Rushforth [drew] on an impressive body of French- and Algonquian-language research and created a database that traces nearly two thousand Indian slaves. Such careful research enables Rushforth to recover the lives of individuals: their work, their social worlds, the ways violence—including sexual violence—framed their experiences of slavery.—Journal of American History



Even those who disagree with the writer's arguments about race will find much of interest in this deeply researched, well-written work.—The Historian



A book that will spark debate, scholarship, and conversation for years to come. . . . A brilliant, bold, and remarkable journey into the Indian slave system of New France.—American Historical Review



An exceptional resource for the study of Indian slavery in North America.—Louisiana History

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