California, A Slave State by Jean Pfaelzer

California, A Slave State

Jean Pfaelzer

520 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced
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California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives—the first slaves transported into California—and launche...

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