BOY IN EARLY VIRGINIA.
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Author | : Karen Ordahl Kupperman |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2021-01-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147980598X |
The captivating story of four young people—English and Powhatan—who lived their lives between cultures In Pocahontas and the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into cross-cultural relationships—and became essential for the colony’s survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to both sides of early Virginia. Here for the first time outside scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told intertwined stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders to act as intermediaries. Pocahontas and the English Boys is a riveting seventeenth-century story of intrigue and danger, knowledge and power, and four youths who lived out their lives between cultures. As Pocahontas, Thomas, Henry, and Robert collaborated and conspired in carrying messages and trying to smooth out difficulties, they never knew when they might be caught in the firing line of developing hostilities. While their knowledge and role in controlling communication gave them status and a degree of power, their relationships with both sides meant that no one trusted them completely. Written by an expert in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Atlantic history, Pocahontas and the English Boys unearths gems from the archives—Henry Spelman’s memoir, travel accounts, letters, and official reports and records of meetings of the governor and council in Virginia—and draws on recent archaeology to share the stories of the young people who were key influencers of their day and who are now set to transform our understanding of early Virginia.
Author | : Edward Robins |
Publisher | : Kessinger Publishing |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2009-06 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781104590468 |
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Author | : Edward Robins |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2016-04-27 |
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ISBN | : 9781354742501 |
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Author | : Edward Robins |
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Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1901 |
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Author | : Henry Spelman |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2019-03-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1479835196 |
A memoir of one of America’s first adventurers, a young boy who acted as a link between the Jamestown colonists and the Patawomecks and Powhatans. “Being in displeasure of my friends, and desirous to see other countries, after three months sail we come with prosperous winds in sight of Virginia.” So begins the fascinating tale of Henry Spelman, a 14 year-old boy sent to Virginia in 1609. One of Jamestown’s early arrivals, Spelman soon became an integral player, and sometimes a pawn, in the power struggle between the Chesapeake Algonquians and the English settlers. Shortly after he arrived in the Chesapeake, Henry accompanied another English boy, Thomas Savage, to Powhatan’s capital and after a few months went to live with the Patawomeck chief Iopassus on the Potomac. Spelman learned Chesapeake Algonquian languages and customs, acted as an interpreter, and knew a host of colonial America’s most well-known figures, from Pocahontas to Powhatan to Captain John Smith. This remarkable manuscript tells Henry’s story in his own words, and it is the only description of Chesapeake Algonquian culture written with an insider’s knowledge. Spelman’s account is lively and insightful, rich in cultural and historical detail. A valuable and unique primary document, this book illuminates the beginnings of English America and tells us much about how the Chesapeake Algonquians viewed the English invaders. It provides the first transcription from the original manuscript since 1872.
Author | : John Logan |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Virginia |
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The true story of an English orphan boy in Virginia, and his experience with the white settlers and the Indians.
Author | : George Alfred Henty |
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Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Virginia |
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Author | : George Alfred Henty |
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Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Virginia |
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Author | : G. A. Henty |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2017-04-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780259441274 |
Excerpt from Redskins and Colonists or a Boy's Adventures in the Early Days of Virginia At the time of the opening of this tale the colony of Virginia was still struggling for existence. Time and again it had been reduced by the Indians, until only a handful of the original settlers te mained. Lord Delaware had added to the number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.