197 Brett Rushforth, Native American Slavery in New France




Ben Franklin's World show

Summary: When we think about early American slavery, our minds evoke images of plantations where enslaved men and women were forced to labor in agricultural fields and inside the homes of wealthy Americans. These images depict the practice of chattel slavery. But, did you know that some early Americans practiced a different type of slavery? We investigate the practice of Native American or indigenous slavery with Brett Rushforth, author of Bonds of Alliance: Indifenous Slavery