I know the Cherokee were well known for having slaves, but that was  
probably more in NC and elsewhere, though there was some Cherokee  
land in the far south of Va. Would the Powhatan and other Algonqin  
tribes from the fall line east have been in a position to own slaves  
[or much of anything else], after being so decimated by the whites?  
Inland you had the Sioux mostly [today centered in Amherst County], I  
haven't heard that they did, as a practice. An interesting topic to  
look into. I would guess there were individual instances, just like a  
family would enslave a white or a member of another tribe. From the  
little I've read on it, these slaves were often treated quite badly,  
even brutally. You'd be better off if the family adopted you.

Nancy

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On Feb 15, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Basil Forest wrote:

> Does anyone know of any research or articles on the ownership of  
> slaves by
> Native Americans in Virginia?
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