"The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors" o ffers an introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement on land tha t is now the United States. As the film's featured historians point out\, the enslavement of Indigenous peoples stretched from Alaska into South Ame rica. It predated and helped shape the system of African enslavement in Ne w England\, and it lasted until throughout the 19th century in the West. & ldquo\;This\,&rdquo\; explains historian André\;s Resé\;ndez\, &ldquo\;is our shared history.&rdquo\; He estimates that between 2.5 and 5 million Indigenous people were enslaved from the time of Columbus to 190 0 in the Americas.
\nDirected and edited by Howdice Brown III\, this 12-minute film is part of the Teaching Hard History Program from Learning for Justice\, which seeks to improve classroom lessons about the history of slavery in the U.S. The film was produced by Marie Acemah and Alice Qan nik Glenn in 2020.
\n&mdash\;From Learning for Justice website.
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Rated: Not Rated
12 minutes in length
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