"That's History. That's Truth": Enslavement of California Native Americans

A brown-bag lunchtime talk with Jean Pfaelzer exploring how enslaved and unfree Native American labor shaped California’s prosperity and its very aura.
The talk will examine four stages, or errors, of Native American enslavement: the mission system; the enslavement of Alaska Natives; cases such as T'tc~tsa , who was seized and forcibly indentured under the Act of 1850 for the Government and Protection of the Indians; and the “outing programs” associated with Indian boarding schools.
Event details
Speaker: Professor Jean Pfaelzer (University of Delaware; Murray Edwards College, Cambridge)

12 May | 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm (brown‑bag lunchtime talk — bring your own lunch)
Bridgetower Room, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ
Free and open to all, but booking is essential.

This session is part of her Easter Term residency as a Senior Research Fellow at Murray Edwards College, and provides an opportunity for colleagues working in slavery studies, human rights, memory, and migration to connect with her work.

Lucy Young (Wailaki; T’tcetsa), Zenia, California, 1922. C. Hart Merriam Collection of Native American Photographs, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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