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Slavery in New France

A 21st-century projection depicting Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique, a female slave who was executed for arson in New France in 1734

Slavery in New France was practiced by some of the Indigenous populations, which enslaved outsiders as captives in warfare, until European colonization that made commercial chattel slavery become common in New France. By 1750, two-thirds of the enslaved peoples in New France were Indigenous, and by 1834, most enslaved people were African.[1]

The institution, which endured for almost two centuries, affected thousands of men, women, and children descended from Indigenous and African peoples. It also impacted many Indigenous people, who were used as domestic servants and traded as goods.

  1. ^ Bonita, Lawrence. "Enslavement of Indigenous People in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

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