Although largely erased from the public consciousness, the enslavement of Indigenous people in America began in the years just after 1492 and continued for centuries to become a colossal phenomenon that affected nearly 600,000 Native Americans in North America alone. The shocking truth is that American colonizers enslaved Natives in roughly the same numbers as they imported enslaved Africans. The most comprehensive work of its kind, Linford D. Fisher’s new book “Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History” upends conventional histories about the nature of American slavery, revealing enslaved Natives in places like southern antebellum plantations and the 19th-century American West. It is a saga of both persistent colonialism and Indigenous resilience, one that reframes American history at its core. Be part of the conversation—join us and the author on Microsoft Teams: https://queenslib.org/4uYH