"A Mean Business": Wartime Security, Sovereignty, and Southern New England Indians, 1689-1713

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

History

Publication Date

Fall 2015

Abstract

Connecticut colony used wartime restrictions to curtail indigenes' political autonomy and gain additional control over Native land and labor. However, Mohegan leaders in particular saw these restrictions for what they were: an assault on Indian sovereignty and independence.

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This article was originally published in Connecticut History Review. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Due to copyright restrictions, this article is not available for free download from ScholarWorks @ CWU.

Journal

Connecticut History Review

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© 2015 The Association for the Study of Connecticut History

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