Traditionally, Native enslavement is often excluded or ‘sugar-coated’ in textbooks; this unit, in conjunction of others, could potentially serve as a way to more accurately depict interactions that took place in creating European colonies and settlements.
This unit will discuss the onset and continuation of Native American enslavement once European settlers reached North America. Not only will lessons address societal changes, but they will also address the forms in which Native American enslavement were manifested. Though there were laws established by the Spanish government to prevent their enslavement, this slavery often took more veiled forms as an encomienda, mission, or reserve. However, this unit will also detail the ways in which Native peoples were able to create freedom for themselves through revolts and uprisings.]]>