Download citation epidemics enslavement biological catastrophe in the native southeast 1492 1715 review despite the best efforts of many scholars in history and anthropology . Epidemics and enslavement biological catastrophe in the native southeast 1492 1715 epidemics and enslavement is a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the indian slave trade and the spread of old world diseases in the colonial southeastern united states. Epidemics and enslavement is a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the indian slave trade and the spread of old world diseases in the colonial southeastern united states paul kelton scrupulously traces the pathology of early european encounters with native peoples of the southeast and concludes that while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the . Read epidemics and enslavement biological catastrophe in the native southeast 1492 1715 by paul kelton lincoln university of nebraska press 2007 288 pp 5000 journal of interdisciplinary history on deepdyve the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Paul kelton epidemics and enslavement biological catastrophe in the native southeast 1492 1715 lincoln nb university of nebraska press 2007 gbp2700 pp xxii 288 isbn 978 0 8032 2756 9