Federal officials urged Native tribes to adopt Black slavery as civilization

Evidence

And there was yet one more thing. Native communities were encouraged to adopt what had emerged as a defining characteristic of civilized Euro-American society in the South: the enslavement of Black people. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 483

Categorization

• XREF: Surprising juxtaposition reinforcing the foundational-slavery thesis: enslavement was actively exported to Native nations as a mark of civility.
• SHARE: Would fascinate anyone into 1619 or Native American removal history — the civilization program literally incentivized Black bondage.