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Making Sense of a Shattering World: Indian Slavery as Seen from San Agustin
by Alejandra Dubcovsky (History, UC Riverside)

February 7, 2020 | 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Event Location: HG1030

About the Speaker
    Dr. Alejandra Dubcovsky is Associate Professor of History at University of California, Riverside.

About the Talk
    In May 1680, an impressive force of Chichimecos (Westo), Yuchi, and
    Chiluques attacked the Mission San Buenaventura de Guadalquini (on St.
    Simons Island). They killed Spanish soldiers as well as Indians who
    resided within the mission area and took others captive; while some of
    these Tama and Yamasee Indians were Catholic converts, many were
    refugees who had escaped earlier Chichimeco raids. Since the 1660s,
    Indians living in Florida's missions had become the most common targets
    of slaving raids. Refugees and runaway Indian slaves reached San
    Agustín's gates with harrowing tales of suffering and destruction.
    Investigating the Spanish archives from this period, this paper explores
    how Spanish officials and Spanish Indians learned of the latest attacks,
    countered slaving raids, and attempted to make sense of the rapidly
    changing Southeastern landscape.