The article shows that indigenous leaders in La Florida encouraged missionary activity before the seventeenth century, not as a last resort but as a way to further expansionist ambitions.
Daniella Bassi
Daniella Bassi oversees the editing and production of Mises Institute books, the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and The Misesian magazine. She holds master’s degrees in early American history from the College of William and Mary and the University of Vermont, and she earned an undergraduate degree in English from Amherst College. She is a Rothbardian, and her writings interpret Canadian and American indigenous history from that perspective.
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The Canadian Arctic Fur Trade: A Case Study of Freedom -
Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood -
Privatize Driver’s Licenses
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How to Be a Better Writer -
The Inca Empire: An Indigenous Leviathan State
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Pre-Columbian America Wasn’t Exactly a Paradise of Freedom
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Beer: A Short and Bitter History of Regulation
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Private Investment Is the Answer to Declining Postindustrial Towns
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Revitalizing a Town Takes a Lot More Than Fixing Up a Few Buildings for a TV Show
