Slavery among the Indians BY Indians was not the same as slavery by europeans...before europeans came to our country, Indians would capture women and/or children from other Tribes and would make them part of their Tribe...they would become family.. It wasn't the spanish who ultimately took over our country (tho they did get part of it when they took over Mexico)..And after europeans came here, and when Indians captured some of them, they did not want to return to their original families when they had the chance...not so of Indians or Africans who were enslaved by europeans..Many Indian captives escaped and went home or into other Tribes, and many African captives escaped and went to the Indians for refuge... B. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Harper - Which SixTown location & other questions > In a message dated 8/29/2002 8:45:58 PM Central Daylight Time, > greybird7@pisp.net writes: > > > > > > I believe Indian slavery began with Columbus, (1400s) as he did steal many > > Indians and took them to Spain to sell as slaves...He sold as slaves those > > he could catch that would bring him the most money... > > In England before they came over here, the English would enslave only those > > who were non-christian, regardless of their race...and that carried over to > > here for a time, but around 1700 they began to change the indentured slaves, > > (Indian and African) into permanent slaves. > > A good site to read about it is: > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr3.html > > B. > > > > Slavery was practiced by Indians long before Columbus. Slavery was practiced > on every continent by every race amongst every people. > > The first to write against slavery were the popes beginning in 1435 > when Pope Eugene IV condemned making slaves of the Canary Islanders by some > of the Spanish. > > This condemnation carried over into the New World when in 1537 Pope > Paul III issued a series of papal documents condemning the unjust making of > slaves of Indians as well as Negroes and others under penalty of automatic > excommunication. > > Subsequent popes continued issuing papal documents condemning slavery > throughout the world and calling for restitution to those who had been > unjustly enslaved as early as 1591 by Pope Gregory XIV. > > In some parts of the world, such as amongst the Galla and Sidama > tribes of West Africa, slavery had such deep and ancient roots in the economy > of the people that voluntary slavery had become a form of currency amongst > these peoples. > > Despite the condemnation of many popes, slavery continued well into > the last century and it is still being practiced today in the Sudan by > Moslems against Christians. In the past it has been practised by Cambodians > against Laotians, by the Japanese during WWII against the Chinese, and, yes, > even by Indians against Indians both before and after Columbus. > > It was also possible under Spanish rule for a slave to buy his or her > freedom and it was even possible to buy the freedom of a slave yet to be > born. And you didn't have to be a Christian to buy your freedom under > Spanish rule. Nor were you necessarily given your freedom because you became > a Christian. > > It's very chic to blame one race for slavery but that isn't the truth. > The Human Race came up with the idea of slavery and practiced it amongst > every people and culture and race on earth. > > John Craven > New Orleans > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > DON'T FORGET OUR ARCHIVES. Got a question? Looking for ancestor's name? Check our archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST > >