Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas is a community based project housed at Brown University. The project is a collaborative effort to build a database of enslaved indigenous people throughout time all across the Americas in order to promote greater understanding of the historical circumstances and ongoing trauma of settler colonialism.
Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas
This community based project, housed at Brown University, is a collaborative effort to build a database of enslaved indigenous people throughout time all across the Americas in order to promote greater understanding of the historical circumstances and ongoing trauma of settler colonialism.
Recent News
Historians at Brown University and Tribal members from across New England are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the historic enslavement of Indigenous people in North America.
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Stolen Relations, a public database set to launch on Saturday, May 10, reveals the stories of thousands of Native people forced into servitude across the Americas.
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News from the Simmons Center
2023 Annual Report Update: Stolen Relations: Exploring Indigenous Slavery and Settler Colonialism
The Stolen Relations project, launched in 2015 at Brown University, seeks to recover and reinterpret the often hidden histories of Indigenous slavery, offering a fresh perspective on the colonial past and its lasting impact.
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