Indian Slavery in Colonial Times within the Present Limits of the United States

Abstract

Distinction between owner and slave not so clear as between the European and his slave 41 Privileges and favors 4 1-^2 Manumission 43~45 Marriage into the tribe 43 Birth . . 43 Death of owner 43 Adoption 43~44 Peace with tribe to which slave belonged 44 Exchange 44 Messenger in formal declaration of war . 44 CHAPTER II Enslavement by the Spaniards Idea of slavery ... 48 Practiced by Indians 48 Captives of Spanish wars enslaved 48 Sanctioned by Church and State 48 Public opinion 48 Enslavement of Indians would Christianize them 49 Processes of enslavement . 49-55 War 49 Spanish explorers 49-55 Employment of slaves 55 Guides 55 Interpreters 55 Camp laborers . 55 Burden bearers 55 Cooks . .