Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands

by James F. Brooks

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This sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among native American and Euramerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century.

Indigenous and colonial traditions of capture, servitude, and kinship met and meshed in the borderlands, forming a "slave system" in which victims symbolized social...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807853828

ISBN13:9780807853825

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:Omohundro Institute and Unc Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Abolition Americas Colonial Period Discrimination & Racism Education & Reference Gender Studies History Latin America Native American Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Slavery & Emancipation Social Science Social Sciences State & Local Women's Studies World

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