Indigenous Americans: Genocide, enslavement, and dispossession
1492: Columbus leads the way: Enslavement, slaughter, and land theft
1526: First Africans likely brought as slaves to North America revolt
1607: Colonists "christianize the natives" with war, land theft
1676: Executions portend broad assault on Indigenous peoples
1676: Colonists trade Indigenous captives for enslaved Africans
1830: Congress seizes Native lands, triggers slavery expansion
1833: Native leader designates "Days of Mourning" to mark colonists' arrival
1864: U.S. soldiers kill, rape Native people promised asylum