so why did they kill nairne? why, at that same time, did diverse native peoples launch an all out attack against south carolina? of course, there are multiple answers, but the answer largely has to do with the indian slave trade. we are going to focus on 1670 to 1720. this is the height of the indian slave trade. it is important to remember that , as we talked about, that indian slavery and captivity did not begin in 1670. for generations, native peoples had been practicing their own cultural forms of captivity. as you mentioned over here, as well, the slave trade did not begin in 1670. peoples like the occoneechee and the westo were trading slaves to the virginians before 1670. but 1670 is nevertheless a watershed moment in the history of the south. one reason is because the colony of carolina is founded, and from that point on, the slave trade will spread to the interior of the lower south and grow exponentially. all right. the other thing i want to mention before we move onto the iroquois, one historian has wr