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The Jamestown brides : the untold story of England's 'maids for Virginia' / Jennifer Potter.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UVA F 229 .P68 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Potter, Jennifer, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
- Jamestown (Va.).
- Women immigrants--Great Britain--Colonies--History.
- Women immigrants.
- Women immigrants--Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--17th century.
- United States.
- Women immigrants--Colonies--Great Britain.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--17th century.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--17th century.
- Virginia--Jamestown.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- In 1621, 57 women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company of London calling for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for its planters in the New Colony. Although the women travelled of their own free will, the Company was in effect selling them at a profit, having set a bride price of 150lbs of tobacco for each woman sold. The colony was then less than 15 years old and the Company hoped to root its settlers to the land with ties of family and children. Using original research, including company records and contemporary accounts, Jennifer Potter gives voice to these women and takes the reader on a journey alongside the brides as they travel into a perilous and uncertain future.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE England and its Virginian Colony
- ch. 1 The Marmaduke Maids
- ch. 2 The Warwick Women
- ch. 3 A Woman's Place
- ch. 4 Point of Departure
- ch. 5 Of Hogs and Women
- ch. 6 La Belle Sauvage
- ch. 7 Maids to the Rescue
- Intermezzo: Maidens' Voyage
- ch. 8 When Stormie Winds do Blow
- ch. 9 Land ho!
- pt. TWO Virginia
- ch. 10 Arrival at Jamestown
- ch. 11 The Choosing
- ch. 12 Dispersal
- ch. 13 Catastrophe
- ch. 14 The End of the Affair
- ch. 15 The Crossbow Maker's Sister
- ch. 16 The Planters Wife
- ch. 17 The Cordwainer's Daughter
- ch. 18 Captured by Indians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782399131
- 1782399135
- 9781782399162
- 178239916X
- 1782399151
- 9781782399155
- OCLC:
- 1030607700
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