The enslavement of Indigenous peoples defines slavery in Canada. Enslaved people were considered property & were bought & sold. Little is known about lives, experiences of enslaved individuals who were used as manual labourers, domestic servants and were mostly young females. This dark legacy of colonization with implications on generations of Indigenous peoples throughout North America. The Truth and Reconciliation Committees final report discusses the impact of doctrines of discovery and how European states used them to justify, among other atrocities, the enslavement of Indigenous peoples. 
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