Indian Removal Era Begins 1828-1849

1847

Konkow Maidu slaver massacre (California)

Maidu Headman with Treaty Commissioners. Image: George Eastman House
Maidu Headman with Treaty Commissioners. Image: George Eastman House

Slavers abduct 30 members of the Konkow Maidu for forced slavery and, in the process, kill up to 20 of them (“List of Indian massacres”).

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