This week covers the early impact of African Americans and Native Americans in North America. Despite the brutality of slavery and incessant land seizures, both groups produced enduring legacies that survived the colonial and early national periods.
Readings:
Taylor, chaps. 8-11
Equiano, intro.
Points of Entry:
slavery in colonial Williamsburg:
http://www.history.org/almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm
Equiano Museum:
http://www.equiano.org/about_equiano.html
Deerfield Raid in New England:
http://www.1704.deerfield.history.museum/home.do
Captivity Narrative:
http://www.archive.org/details/captivity_restoration_rowlandson_0912_librivox#
Questions for discussion:
How did slavery shape colonial racial ideologies?
Do you think Native-English encounters in New England influence the way the colony evolved?
