by Rich Wandschneider | May 15, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, draft lottery, Fishtrap Vietnam, fur trade, girls say no, Hudson’s Bay Company, Jefferson's slaves, John Adams and slavery, Valerie Miner, Vietnam legacy
When he wrote the essay on the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Indians, Alvin Josephy took great pains to place it all in historical context. And he credited the company with high mindedness in establishing standards for dealing with the Indians—the traders were not to...