Bodies politic

About this book

Explores how the ongoing interaction of conquered Indians, English settlers, and enslaved Africans in New England produced a closely interwoven, though radically divided, society. Provides primary sources such as early national censuses, newspapers, diaries, letters, court records, printed works, and visual images which are analyzed and reveal how Indians, Africans, and Anglo-Americans defined their respective places in early New England. Shows how the legacy of colonialism shaped the emergence of the 19th century North and continues to shape all our lives.