Reviewed by Christopher J. Bilodeau | Reviews | Journal of American Ethnic History, 28.4

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Tribe, Race, History: Native Americans in Southern New England, 1780–1880. By Daniel R. Mandell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. xx + 321 pp. Maps, photos, tables, notes, index, and essay on sources. $55.00 (cloth).

In this fine work of social history, Daniel R. Mandell focuses on the Indians of southern New England between the American Revolution and Reconstruction. Mandell argues that the study of these Indians not only gives us "a unique view" on the history of New England during the period, but it helps us understand how members of a "marginalized yet protected minority" worked to improve themselves and their families. He also contends that such an examination demonstrates how some, especially those groups with sizeable lands reserved by state laws, retained relative autonomy. Additionally, their complicated relations with whites and African Americans help shed light on "issues of race, ethnicity, and identity in America from an unusual and early vantage point" (p. xvii).

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