The Westo Indians: Slave Traders of the Early Colonial South

by Eric E. Bowne

Book Overview

A comprehensive study that rescues the Westo from obscurity. The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817351787
• ISBN13: 9780817351786
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Alabama Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.3"