"[T]he very first law that they write - the state legislature controlled by Southerners - is called the Act for the Protection and Government of the Indian, our very first law, and in that law California legalizes the forced indenture - the kidnap, captivity and sale - forced indenture of #California #NativeAmericans"
#JeanPfaelzer, author of #CaliforniaASlaveState
#Slavery #IndigenousPeoples #FirstPeoples #FirstNations #SettlerColonialism #EnslavedIndigenous #books
"We interview the author of a new book #CaliforniaASlaveState (Yale University Press; June 27, 2023). Professor #JeanPfaelzer shows that, since the very first colonizers crossed the border, the Golden State was and still is powered by #slavery – a piece of #AmericanHistory that many still try to bury."
https://scholarscircle.org/scholars-circle-a-book-author-interview-history-of-california-as-a-slave-state-july-28-2024/
#Indigenous #EnslavedIndigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #USHistory #California #SettlerColonialism #FirstNations #FirstPeoples #books
We interview the author of a new book CALIFORNIA, A SLAVE STATE (Yale University Press; June 27, 2023). Professor Jean Pfaelzer shows that, since the very first colonizers crossed the border, the Golden State was and still is powered by slavery - a piece of American history that many still try to bu
Paria sans portefeuille