The late anthropologist shatters the myth that Spanish colonization resulted in the abolition of slavery in the Philippines. He describes the practice of slavery by Spanish colonizers and the objections raised against it. Scott also lays bare the real and unique nature of slavery as practiced by natives. William Henry Scott is a retired lay missionary of the Episcopal church with 30 years' teaching experience in the Philippines. Sometimes Principal of St. Mary's School, Sagada, and Director of Aglipay Institute, Laoag, he taught Philippine history in the University of the Philippines for ten years, and was Professor of Church History in St. Andrew's Theological Seminary at the time of his retirement in 1986. He holds a BA from yale, MA from Columbia, and PhD from the University of Santo Tomas, and is a regular contributor to scholarly journals here and abroad. His most popular books incluce Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History, The Discovery of the Igorots, Cracks in the Parchment Curtain, Ilocano Responses to American Aggression 1900 - 1901, and Filipinos in China Before 1500.

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