Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715

by Paul Kelton

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Epidemics and Enslavement is a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the Indian slave trade and the spread of Old World diseases in the colonial southeastern United States. Paul Kelton scrupulously traces the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast and concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803227914

ISBN13:9780803227910

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Americas Epidemiology History Humanities Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Medicine & Health Sciences Native American

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