The Westo Indians : slave traders of the early colonial South / by Eric E. Bowne.

The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are believed to have had a profound effect on the development of the colonial South. This volume reproduces excerpts from all 19 documents that indisputably reference the Westos, although the Europe...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bowne, Eric E. (Eric Everett), 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Westos and their world
  • Westo ethnology
  • A short history of previous research
  • The northeastern origins of the Westos
  • Westo advantages in the South
  • The Westos at their height
  • The demise of the Westos
  • The aftermath of the Westo War.