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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190942630
ISBN-13
9780190942632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038293131
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jamestown Brides : the Story of England's &Quot;Maids for Virginia&Quot;
Number of Pages
386 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-048162
Reviews
"The Jamestown Brides gives us a concise, well-researched and highly readable glimpse into the early days of the European colonization of America." -- Bill Hudgins, American Spiritthe book's important contribution is in combating the women's historical erasure and restoring their individuality. For so long, the Jamestown brides have been clumped together as one undistinguishable mass -- a group of women sharing general physical, financial, and familial characteristics. Potter provides the details and stories that have been missing ... a fitting tribute. -- Marcia Zug, Journal of Southern History, the book's important contribution is in combating the women's historical erasure and restoring their individuality. For so long, the Jamestown brides have been clumped together as one undistinguishable mass -- a group of women sharing general physical, financial, and familial characteristics. Potter provides the details and stories that have been missing ... a fitting tribute. -- Marcia Zug, Journal of Southern History, "The Jamestown Brides gives us a concise, well-researched and highly readable glimpse into the early days of the European colonization of America." -- Bill Hudgins, American Spirit the book's important contribution is in combating the women's historical erasure and restoring their individuality. For so long, the Jamestown brides have been clumped together as one undistinguishable mass -- a group of women sharing general physical, financial, and familial characteristics. Potter provides the details and stories that have been missing ... a fitting tribute. -- Marcia Zug, Journal of Southern History
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
975.5/02
Table Of Content
Preface: Witness A note on the text Part One: England and its Virginian Colony Chapter 1: The Marmaduke Maids Chapter 2: The Warwick Women Chapter 3: A Woman's Place Chapter 4: Point of Departure Chapter 5: Of Hogs and Women Chapter 6: La Belle Sauvage Chapter 7: Maids to the Rescue Intermezzo: Maidens' Voyage Chapter 8: When Stormie Winds do Blow Chapter 9: Land ho! Part Two: Virginia Chapter 10: Arrival at Jamestown Chapter 11: The Choosing Chapter 12: Dispersal Chapter 13: Catastrophe Chapter 14: The End of the Affair Chapter 15: The Crossbow Maker's Sister Chapter 16: The Planter's Wife Chapter 17: The Cordwainer's Daughter Chapter 18: Captured by Indians Endnote: Return to Jamestown Notes Appendix: A List of the Maids Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Index
Synopsis
Jamestown, England's first real foothold in the New World, was fraught with danger -- from starvation and disease to violent skirmishes between colonists and the native populations. Mortality rates were impossibly high: Six out of seven settlers died within the first few years. How clear these and other perils were made to the fifty-six young women who left their homes and boarded ships in England in 1621, nearly fifteen years after Jamestown's founding, is not known. But we do know who they were. Their ages ranged from sixteen to twenty-eight, and they were deemed "young and uncorrupt." Each had a bride price of 150 pounds of tobacco set by the Virginia Company, which funded their voyage. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage, generating a profit for investors and helping ensure the colony's long-term viability. Without letters or journals (young women from middling classes had not generally been taught to write), Jennifer Potter turned to the Virginia Company's merchant lists -- which were used as a kind of sales catalog for prospective husbands -- as well as censuses, court records, the minutes of Virginia's General Assemblies, letters to England from their male counterparts, and other such accounts of the everyday life of the early colonists. In The Jamestown Brides , she spins a fascinating tale of courage and survival, exploring the women's lives in England before their departure and their experiences in Jamestown. Some were married before the ships left harbor. Some were killed in an attack by the native population only months after their arrival. A few never married at all. In telling the story of these "Maids for Virginia" Potter sheds light on life for women in early modern England and in the New World., Jennifer Potter explores the lives of the fifty-six women who volunteered to leave their lives in England and travel to the Jamestown colony in 1621., Jamestown, England's first real foothold in the New World, was fraught with danger -- from starvation and disease to violent skirmishes between colonists and the native populations. Mortality rates were impossibly high: Six out of seven settlers died within the first few years. How clear these and other perils were made to the fifty-six young women who left their homes and boarded ships in England in 1621, nearly fifteen years after Jamestown's founding, is not known. But we do know who they were. Their ages ranged from sixteen to twenty-eight, and they were deemed "young and uncorrupt." Each had a bride price of 150 pounds of tobacco set by the Virginia Company, which funded their voyage. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage, generating a profit for investors and helping ensure the colony's long-term viability. Without letters or journals (young women from middling classes had not generally been taught to write), Jennifer Potter turned to the Virginia Company's merchant lists -- which were used as a kind of sales catalog for prospective husbands -- as well as censuses, court records, the minutes of Virginia's General Assemblies, letters to England from their male counterparts, and other such accounts of the everyday life of the early colonists. In The Jamestown Brides, she spins a fascinating tale of courage and survival, exploring the women's lives in England before their departure and their experiences in Jamestown. Some were married before the ships left harbor. Some were killed in an attack by the native population only months after their arrival. A few never married at all. In telling the story of these "Maids for Virginia" Potter sheds light on life for women in early modern England and in the New World.
LC Classification Number
F229.P88 2019
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