Epidemics and Enslavement

Epidemics and Enslavement
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780803215573
ISBN-13 : 0803215576
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Book Synopsis Epidemics and Enslavement by : Paul Kelton

Download or read book Epidemics and Enslavement written by Paul Kelton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast, this work concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century.


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