During the 17th and 18th centuries, Indigenous peoples “increased their power and came to control a larger share of the traffic in slaves” (172). Initially, they offered the newcomers captives and helped them develop new slave trafficking networks.

From the beginning of European colonization, Indigenous peoples were involved in human trafficking. Just as Columbus's voyages triggered a major transfer of plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic, so did the opening of the Pacific created a biological corridor across the largest ocean on Earth with very significant but little-understood consequences for the world.Reséndez focuses on Indigenous peoples’ involvement in the slaving enterprise in this chapter. These days I am researching the fallout from that venture. More recently, I have focused on the 'Columbian moment' in the Pacific, beginning with the first expedition that went from America to Asia and back (1564-1565), instantly transforming the Pacific into a vital space of contact and exchange (Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021). I have written about the history of border regions (Changing National Identities at the Frontier-Cambridge University Press, 2005), early European exploration (A Land So Strange-Basic Books, 2007), and the enslavement of Native Americans (The Other Slavery-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016). After getting a PhD in history at the University of Chicago, I taught at Yale, the University of Helsinki, and UC Davis. More recently, I have focused on the 'Columbian moment' in the Pacific, beginning with the first expedition that went from America to Asia and back (1564-1565), instantly transforming th I grew up in Mexico City where I worked in various capacities-the best job I ever had was as a historical consultant for telenovelas (soap operas). I grew up in Mexico City where I worked in various capacities-the best job I ever had was as a historical consultant for telenovelas (soap operas).

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