Jack D. Forbes's monumental Africans and Native Americans has become a canonical text in the study of relations between the two groups. Forbes explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color classification systems and the specific evolution of key terms such as black, mulatto, and mestizo--terms that no longer carry their original meanings. Forbes also presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
This compilation of apprentices contains biographical records of nearly 8,000 artisans who worked in Virginia before 1801. It was created as part of a study of the role of artisans in colonial Virginia. Each record includes, when provided, the name, age, sex, and race of the indentured individual, the father's name, the name of the person they are indentured to.