Indian Servitude in California, 1850-1867
FAIN: FB-54748-10
Michael Frederick Magliari
California State University, Chico Foundation (Chico, CA 95929-0001)
I seek NEH fellowship funding in order to complete work on a new book project, tentatively entitled "Free State Slavery: Indian Servitude in California, 1850-1867." By carefully examining the exploitation of Native American workers under the state's Indian Act of 1850, my book will provide the first comprehensive account of the little known system of Indian slavery that flourished in the "free state" of California during the Gold Rush and Civil War eras. During the course of my NEH fellowship, I intend to produce a completed manuscript for submission to the University of Nebraska Press, which has awarded me an advance book contract.
Associated Products
Free State Slavery: Bound Indian Labor and Slave Trafficking in California's Sacramento Valley, 1850-1864 (Article)Title: Free State Slavery: Bound Indian Labor and Slave Trafficking in California's Sacramento Valley, 1850-1864
Author: Michael Magliari
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2012
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Pacific Historical Review, Volume 81, no. 2
Prizes
Louis Knott Koontz Memorial Award for 2013
Date: 10/1/2013
Organization: Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association
Abstract: Awarded to the most deserving contribution to the Pacific Historical Review, selected by the Board of Editors of the Review.