Haudenosaunee Slavery in the Mediterranean Galley Fleet of Louis XIV
The Indigenous Studies Program is inviting you to a lecture with our guest, Scott Berthelette.
Dr. Scott Berthelette, a Red River Métis, is an assistant professor specializing in the history of New France, Indigenous peoples, the fur trade, and Euro-Indigenous relations in North America. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Saskatchewan.
Scott’s talk aims to situate seventeenth-century Haudenosaunee history in a wider Atlantic or global context. In 1687, French forces captured Haudenosaunee delegates during a peace negotiation, sending some of them as captives to France. This presentation explores the harsh treatment, privation, and forced labour these Haudenosaunee captives endured creaky wooden world of the galley ship.
Snacks and beverages provided.