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Huron
It means "Those who have dugout canoes". It comes from the Miami-Illinois language.
In reality, the first slaves in the Americas were Native American. The problem was they either died very quickly or escaped. Then they came up with the bright idea of trading the Native American slaves for African slaves.
The French traders obtained furs from the Huron Indians and, later, from the Ottawa.