The Tuscarora War and Yamasee War: the Decline Indian Slavery and the Rise of African Slavery

In this video, I talk about the Tuscarora and Yamasee wars and their effects on colonial politics, and the development of African slavery in the early colonial Carolinas. Sources: Dubcovsky, Alejandra. “One Hundred Sixty-One Knots, Two Plates, and One Emperor: Creek Information Networks in the Era of the Yamasee War.” Ethnohistory 59, no. 3 (August 2012): 489–513. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat.... Durschlag, Richard. “THE FIRST CREEK RESISTANCE: TRANSFORMATIONS IN CREEK INDIAN EXISTENCE AND THE YAMASEE WAR, 1670-1730.” Dissertation, Duke University, 1995. Esterline, Matthew Cameron. “For the Men on the Ground: An Examination of the Tuscaroras-Colonial Relations in North Carolina before and during the Tuscarora War.” Thesis, East Carolina University, 2014. Hall, Amanda. “SAN ANTONIO DE POCOTALACA: AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY YAMASEE INDIAN TOWN IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 1716-1752.” Thesis, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, 2016. Hann, John H. “St. Augustine's Fallout from the Yamasee War.” Florida Historical Quarterly 68, no. 2 (1989): 1–22. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol...%. La Vere, David. The Tuscarora War Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Lee, Wayne E. “Fortify, Fight, or Flee: Tuscarora and Cherokee Defensive Warfare and Military Culture Adaptation.” The Journal of Military History 68, no. 3 (July 2004): 713–70. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat.... Ramsey, William L. The Yamasee War A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Styrna, Christine A. “THE WINDS OF WAR AND CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF THE TUSCARORA WAR ON PROPRIETARY NORTH CAROLINA, 1690-1729 .” Dissertation, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1990.