Native-American slavery and territoriality in the colonial upper Great Lakes region. From: Michigan Historical Review | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Demers, E.A.S. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Clarke Historical Library. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Studies of slavery in the Great Lakes region have generally focused on African, rather than on Native-American slavery, and compared northern and southern institutions, touching only briefly on the importance of Indian slavery in the development of bound labor around the Great Lakes. Because of the strong interest in African-American history, in North America slavery has been viewed quite literally as a "black-and-white" issue.

This emphasis on African-American slavery o...