California a Slave State* (Yale, 6/23) turns to the voices of the enslaved to tell 250 years of slavery and slave revolts in California, from Spanish missions , indentured CA Native Americans, Russians shipped Alaska Natives for otter trade, convict labor at San Quentin, children at Indian Boarding Schools, kidnapped Chinese child prostitutes, modern human and sex trafficking at sweat shops, marijuana grows, hotels & online unfree brothels. They fought, fled, filed lawsuits and resisted. www.jeanpfaelzer.com
California a Slave State* (Yale, 6/23) turns to the voices of the enslaved to tell 250 years of slavery and slave revolts in California, from Spanish missions , indentured CA Native Americans, Russians shipped Alaska Natives for otter trade, convict labor at San Quentin, children at Indian Boarding Schools, kidnapped Chinese child prostitutes, modern human and sex trafficking at sweat shops, marijuana grows, hotels & online unfree brothels. They fought, fled, filed lawsuits and resisted. www.jeanpfaelzer.com
Really good, Claire. And necessary. For years, I've been saying that you can't overestimate the racism of the United States of America.