After the Pequot War and King Philip’s War, Native captives were sent to the Caribbean and traded for African slaves.
When the Pequot War came to an end in 1637, the tribe was banished by the courts. To prevent the reformation of the tribe, Pequot men were executed or enslaved, said Kevin McBride, Mashantucket Pequot tribal archaeologist. McBride said during an interview at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, that labor was critical to the English development of the colonies. “There wasn't a single household that didn't have an indentured servant and a slave,” he said.
But according to McBride, most of the Pequots sentenced to slavery were women and children of high social standing. “Basically, this was an operation called genocide,” he said. “They did not want Pequot people to marry anyone who could rebuild the tribe by marriage, so the men were just executed or sent out.”
Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/12/31/horrors-native-slavery-new-england-revealed-new-book-162844
Jan 01, 2016 @ 05:33:57
