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Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America on Hardback by Leland Donald
Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America on Hardback by Leland Donald
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Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America

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This investigation of slavery on the northwest coast of North America shows that northwest coast servitude, relatively neglected by researchers in the past, fits an appropriate cross-cultural definition of slavery. Arguing that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies, the text points out how important slaves were to the northwest economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange. The book includes detailed chapters on who owned slaves and the relations between masters and slaves; how slaves were procured; transactions in slaves; the nature, use, and value of slave labour; and the role of slaves in rituals. In addition to analyzing all the available data, ethnographic and historic, on slavery in traditional northwest coast cultures, the text compares the status of northwest coast slaves with that of war captives in other parts of traditional Native North America.

Author Biography:

Leland Donald is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria and editor of Themes in Ethnology and Culture History: Essays in Honour of David F. Aberle (1987).
Release date NZ
August 1st, 1997
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  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
42
Pages
375
Dimensions
152x229x30
ISBN-13
9780520206168
Product ID
5014681

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