A team of researchers are actively sifting through archival documents, artifacts even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents and recent interviews with descendants whose ancestors endured enslavement. The publicly-available digital archive aims to document every instance of Indigenous slavery in the Western Hemisphere to illuminate where and when slavery took place, and the lasting effects for Indigenous communities and their descendants.
A 1531 illustration by a Nahua artist, included in the Huexotzinco Codex, depicts the Indigenous people of Huejotzingo forced to turn over crops, gold and other resources in tribute to European conquerors (Photo: Library of Congress).
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