Title: Slavery and Evolution of the Cherokee Category:Literature / Novels Details: Words: 233 | Pages: 1.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Slavery and Evolution of the Cherokee
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A Review of
Slavery and Evolution of the Cherokee
Society 1540-1866
by Theda Perdue
In this well-written book by Theda Perdue, he discloses much of the history of slavery among the Cherokee people and their evolution during this 326 year period. He begins with their abduction by the Spanish. Perdue gives a remarkable
comparison of the two very different views of slavery experienced by two very different cultures. He states that even though the Spaniards captured the Cherokee for use as slaves, they misunderstood that the …showed first 85 words of 233 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 233 total…were only peacefully inquisitive. The Indians need for European trading goods grew. Because of this need, the Cherokee began waging war to supply
slaves to the Europeans in return. Thus, corrupting the Cherokee lifestyle.
Theda Perdue tells of the destruction of tribal ways due to the embracing of a belief foreign to the Native American way of life. According to Perdue, the U.S. government, after the Civil War, decided that cheating the Cherokee for any
reason was justified because of genuine or imagined betrayals.
