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From: rleutner <>
Subject: Re: INDIAN SLAVES?
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 07:23:06 -0600 (CST)


Indians were not only sent to the Indies as slaves, but also
were enslaved in the New England colonies. My impression is
that they were not common, and I don't know how they wound up
in that status, but they do appear once in a while in wills
and inventories alongside black slaves and servants.

Bob Leutner
Iowa City IA


On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 wrote:

> In reading about my ancestor, Capt. Benjamin Swett and his
> unfortunate demise when leading his men into combat with Indians at
> Blackpoint in 1677, I read that many Indian capitves were sent to
> the West Indies as slaves. Does anyone know more about this? To what
> island were they sent? How many and what ever became of them? Were
> they left there and, if so, could there be descendents? It is a curious
> page in heritage that seems to have been overlooked in the history
> books.
>

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