Indian slave trade
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Economics
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Trade, Commerce, Native Americans, American Indians, Slavery, Slaves
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: South Carolina
- Date: 1671-1730
Article abstract: British colonists use intertribal rivalries and natives’ desire for European goods to gain slaves and establish dominance over Spanish claims.
The earliest known record of Carolina natives being captured and enslaved was in 1520, when Spanish explorers took them to provide slaves for sugar plantations in Santo Domingo. In 1663, William Hilton, an Englishman, also captured natives from the Carolina coast for Caribbean slave owners. In 1670, Charleston was settled by the English. In 1671, after the defeat of Kusso warriors and the taking of...
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