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Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and Southeastern Indians

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The missions of Spanish Florida are one among American history’s best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted within the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, Laboring within the Fields of the Lord contends the missions were an integral a part of Spain’s La Florida colony, turning a potentially hostile population into an crucial labor force. Indian workers grew, harvested, ground, and transported corn that helped to feed the colony. Indians also provided labor for construction projects, including the imposing stone Castillo de San Marcos that still dominates St. Augustine these days.

Missions were crucial to the goal of colonialism. Together, conquistadors, missionaries, and entrepreneurs went hand-in-hand to triumph over the people of the Americas. Though long abandoned and destroyed, the missions are the most important a part of our country’s heritage. This reprint edition features a new, up to date preface by the creator.

 

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