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The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist (Bison Book)

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Ms Abel's book The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist is a good book for information on this subject. It appears that she did a great deal of research. Ms Abel's book is full of references and footnotes on her research into Indains as slaveholders. In my opinion the book is marred because of the obvious prejudice bent of her conclusions. She so much as said that any accomplishments made by the Indians was solely due to their mixture with white blood. Read this book with a grain of salt. It is beautifully footnoted and referenced. I give it a 3 for research.

I give Civil War lectures; and I am always on the lookout for good reference books. I have all three of Annie Abel's books on Native American involvement in the war. While her writing style is a bit dry, more like reading a thesis than a book, her books are chock full of valuable information. A lot of footnotes that include original letters from the players of the time. A great book for someone looking for information in detail and has a good attention span.