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The Other Slavery

The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America

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The Other Slavery

By: Andrés Reséndez
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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A landmark history - the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early 20th century.

Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering The Other Slavery, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors, then forced to descend into the "mouth of hell" of 18th-century silver mines or, later, made to serve as domestics for Mormon settlers and rich Anglos.

Reséndez builds the incisive case that it was mass slavery, more than epidemics, that decimated Indian populations across North America. New evidence, including testimonies of courageous priests, rapacious merchants, Indian captives, and Anglo colonists, sheds light too on Indian enslavement of other Indians - as what started as a European business passed into the hands of indigenous operators and spread like wildfire across vast tracts of the American Southwest.

The Other Slavery reveals nothing less than a key missing piece of American history. For over two centuries we have fought over, abolished, and tried to come to grips with African-American slavery. It is time for the West to confront an entirely separate, equally devastating enslavement we have long failed truly to see.

©2016 Andrés Reséndez (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Civil Rights & Liberties Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Studies United States American History Disappearance Old West Wild West
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Mortified at how little I knew of “The Other Slavery”

An extremely thorough treatise on the enslavement of Native peoples from Columbus until the 20th century. The book covers its start in the Caribbean and the subsequent spread into Mexico and what is currently New Mexico, Utah, California and other parts of the United States as well as briefly mentioning Canada. I am ashamed at how these native people were treated. Though I was aware of some of the genocidal events that took place, I am embarrassed at how little I knew of the slavery aspect. Every Mexican, Canadian and U.S. citizen should read this book.

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exceptional book

this book should be made a must read in every high school in America.

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Pretty good!

Narrator was difficult to listen to at times, but overall very well written book. quite enjoyed it!

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Amazing book! Wish it was longer.

Captivated me from start to finish. The narrator was great and the knowledge put forth is one that should be taught in schools

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Excellent

This book should be part of every adult who claims they are students of history. This part of history fills in the many gaps in the common historical narrative

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SLAVERY

One suspects “The Other Slavery” is unknown or misremembered by most Americans. “The Other Slavery” is not about America’s civil war, the Emancipation Proclamation, or Abraham Lincoln. It is about indigenous peoples and their adaptation to a world turned upside down by newcomers from foreign lands.

Based on Reséndez' history, it seems the hope for elimination of slavery lies in democratic government policy that reinforces belief in human equality and a balance between corporate profit and cost of labor as determined by a free market.

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great

I learned a lot of new information from this book that more people should know

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Unimaginable horror.

A critical piece of a missing history of the first and enduring Americans. Why the newcomers and their governments permitted such atrocities is impossible to reconcile with the Constitution. Should be taught in all schools so the truth is known.

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Brilliant!

In an Ideal world, this would be required K-12 reading. This book demystifies & puts into perspective so much of American History.

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The Unknown Other Slavery

Startling revelations (not taught in my ”white-washed” American history classes) about the atrocities of slavery imposed upon Aztecs, Mayans, Native Americans & citizens of Mexico by greedy Americans, the British, the French, the Spanish, and each other.

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