Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
Brett Rushforth investigates Indigenous and Atlantic slaveries in New France, revealing how bondage shaped early American societies and Atlantic networks of labor and power.
About This Book
Bonds of Alliance examines the complex systems of Indigenous and Atlantic slaveries in New France.
The book explores how slavery shaped relationships between Indigenous peoples, French colonists, and enslaved Africans.
It draws on extensive archival research to illuminate the economic and social dimensions of bondage in early America.
The study situates New France within broader Atlantic networks of labor, trade, and power.
Readers gain insight into the diverse experiences of enslaved people and the evolving definitions of freedom and captivity.
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