A Servant Uprising in Virginia, 1640
runaway uprising slave servant
Decisions of the General Court of Virginia, 1640
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/permanence/text6/VirginiaUprising.pdf
This court decision reviews the actions of the runaway slaves and servants and what their punishments should be.
1640
The University of North Carolina Press
A true reportory of the wracke, and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight; vpon, and from the Ilands of the Bermudas: his comming to Virginia, and the estate of that Colonie then, and after, vnder the gouernment of the Lord La Warrre, Iuly 15. 1610
Virginia
History
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
<br /><em>A true reportory of the wracke, and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight; vpon, and from the Ilands of the Bermudas: his comming to Virginia, and the estate of that Colonie then, and after, vnder the gouernment of the Lord La Warrre, Iuly 15. 1610</em> is an account by William Strachey about his journey from England to the Jamestown colony. It was re-printed in the anthology compiled by the Reverend Samuel Purchas, <em>Hakluytus Posthumus</em>, or<em> Purchas his Pilgrimes</em>, in 1625. Hakluytus was a four volume set, and Strachey’s work can be found in the fourth volume on page 1758. <br /><br />William Strachey sailed from England on the ship Sea Venture in the summer of 1609. On route, a hurricane diverted the ship and ultimately caused it to wreck in Bermuda. Strachey was one of the survivors of the shipwreck. He and the other survivors built two pinnaces, the Patience and the Deliverance, to continue on to their original destination, the Jamestown colony. Strachey arrived in Jamestown in May of 1610 to see the aftermath of the period known as The Starving Time. <br /><br />Original copies of <em>Hkluytus Posthumus</em>, or <em>Purchas his Pilgrimes</em> is held as part of the Hans P. Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress and the four part series can be read digitally in their entirety online.
William Strachey
Library of Congress, Rare Book & Special Collections Division
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?intldl/rbdkbib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(rbdk+d0404))
http://memory.loc.gov/service/rbc/rbdk/d0404/06351758.jpg
The University of Memphis
1610
Reverend Samuel Purchas
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, The Hans P. Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake
Maryland Governor Horatio Sharpe to Frederick Calvert, September 2, 1754
Sharpe, Maryland, Governor
Part of Governor Shape’s correspondence, this details the buildup of French fortifications in the Ohio valley. The French construction discouraged English colonists and proved to be a point of great tension for Sharpe. Highlighting a key factor of the French and Indian War.
Maryland Governor Horatio Sharpe
Browne, William. Editor. Correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe, Volume I. 1753-1757 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society 1888)
http://www.wvculture.org/history/frenchandindian/17540902sharpe.html
University of Memphis
1754
William Browne
Maryland Historical Society
""Work and Labor in This New and Wild Land Are Very Hard": A German Migrant in Philadelphia, 1750."
migration, north, colonies, migration, diversity, indentured servitude, labor
This primary document is a first-hand account of indentured servants in the market and describes how some people’s hands were forced by threat of incarceration. Some people took desperate measures to avoid indentured contracts, such as selling their children, thus showing the undesirability and harshness of indentured servitude. This also draws several parallels between indentured servitude and slavery, such as harshness of labor, and economical value. It also displays the overall helplessness shown in both situations. It also draws several differences, as indentured servants had slightly more liberty than the enslaved.
Gottlieb Mittelberger
Gottlieb Mittelberger, Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750, trans. Carl Theo Eben (Philadelphia, John Jos McVey, 1898), 25–31
University of Memphis
1750
Carl Theo Eben
John JosMcvey
"Observations upon the origin of the Malignant Bilious, or Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, and upon the Means of Preventing it: Addressed to the citizens of Philadelphia”
Yellow Fever, Colonial America
This source addresses the issues representing yellow fever in Philadelphia. There were many concerns from Philadelphia. Benjamin Rush addressed every worry that the Philadelphians had. He answered all the questions they had about yellow fever in this article. These questions ranged from “Is it contagious?” to “Can Yellow Fever be imported?”
Benjamin Rush
Boston Medical Library
The University of Memphis
November 30, 2016
"Portrait of a Woman"
A colonial woman.
Portrait of a colonial woman by Wenceslaus Hollar, a famous portraitist at the time
Wenceslaus Hollar
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw68297/Unknown-woman-Spring?set=161%3BHollar+etchings&search=ap&rNo=4#comments
University of Memphis.
1641
National Portrait Gallery, London
"The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia, 1570-1572 Letter of Luis de Quirós and Juan
Baptista de Segura”
Spanish Jesuit priest. Native Americans. Colonial America.
This letter is from Luis de Quirós to Juan Baptista de Segura of the Spanish Catholic Jesuit
Society. It details Luis de Quirós’s experiences with the Native Americans in which he asks for
seeds to trade with Native Americans, and gives a good explanation of how he plans to use those
resources to exploit Natives into converting to Christianity. It shows us an inside look on how the
Spanish Catholics thought industrially about conversion.
Luis de, Quirós.
The Virginia Historical Society.
University of Memphis.
1570-1572
Translated and Edited by Clifford M. Lewis, S.J. and Albert J. Loomie, S.J., eds
“An Inquiry into the Causes of the Variolae Vaccine”
Smallpox
Picture of smallpox on an arm
Edward Jenner
The Welcome Library
The University of Memphis
November 30. 2016
“John Eliot’s Brief Narrative (1670)”
Puritan missionary's diary. Colonial America.
This is an exert from John Eliot’s diary while he was a Puritan missionary to American Indians.
It describes his many relationships with several different chieftains and various other Native American
groups. As well as their relationships with Christianity and acceptance towards it. It also gives a general
idea on John Eliot’s feelings for the importance of converting Native Americans.
John Eliot
http://www.bartleby.com/43/12html
University of Memphis
1670
Edited
by Charles W. Eliot.
A Letter Home From Massachusetts Bay in 1631
indentured servitude, migration, colonies, labor
This primary document is a letter and a first-hand account of life for indentured servitudes, and draws parallels between the treatment of indentured servants and slavery. It also provides a look into the difficulties of settling the New World. In this instance, this person describes their high and difficult workload.
___Pond
Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2nd Series, vol. 8 (Boston, 1892–1894), 471–73.
University of Memphis
1631
Massachusetts Historical Society
History Matters, http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5787