Why didn't Americans enslave American Indians?

Europeans didn't just displace Native Americans—they enslaved them, and encouraged tribes to participate in the slave trade, on a scale historians are ... of the American past might note two major, centuries-long historical sins: the enslavement of stolen Africans and the displacement of Native Americans. read more

American Indians have a distinct look from Europeans, but unless America was ready to go “all in” and enslave every indigenous person on the continent, it was more difficult to tell who was a slave and who wasn’t. read more

The reality is that the Native Americans, in the Americas as a broad expression, WERE in fact enslaved by Columbus and his men. There were as many as 8 million Native Americans when Columbus landed in the Americas. read more