The Indian Slave Trade : The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670–1717 (Paperback)

from Shrike58

The title of this book is slightly misleading in that it might be better phrased "The Indian Slave Wars," due to its concentration on geopolitics rather than the actual business that provoked the violence. Still, this is an interesting look at the early history of the European struggle for empire...

from Shrike58

The title of this book is slightly misleading in that it might be better phrased "The Indian Slave Wars," due to its concentration on geopolitics rather than the actual business that provoked the violence. Still, this is an interesting look at the early history of the European struggle for empire...

from MarkStickle

In a rich and multi-layered narrative Gallay makes the case that the Indian slave trade was integrally connected to the geopolitical forces which were converging to form an international market economy during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The British, French and Spanish all...