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Informationen zum Autor Kirsten Fischer teaches in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina (2002). Eric Hinderaker teaches in the Department of History at the University of Utah. He is the author of Elusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley (1997). Klappentext This carefully collected volume of eight essays and 24 supporting documents allows access to the best and latest scholarship about mainland British North America. This book demonstrates how differences in race, ethnicity, gender, and social status were continually negotiated throughout Britain's North American colonies. It includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, the rise of gentility, regulation of the sexual behavior of both white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Overall, Colonial American History reveals that this amalgamation of cultures presented the European colonists, Native Americans and Africans alike with the opportunity - and necessity - to establish new identities and create new forms of community and authority. The book includes a general introduction, chapter introductions, and supporting documents for each essay. The documents - diaries, letters, trial summaries, treaties, slave codes, and travel narratives - are designed to illuminate key issues raised in the essays and facilitate lively, informed classroom discussion. Zusammenfassung This collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans! the transatlantic slave trade! regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women! and the creation of new religious practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. A Note on the Texts. Introduction.1. First Encounters:Introduction.Article:King Philip's Herds: Indians! Colonists! and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England: Virginia DeJohn Anderson.Documents:Reasons to be Considered for ... the Intended Plantation in New England (1629): John Winthrop.Treaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay (1727).Indian Explanation of the Treaty of Casco Bay (1727): Loron Sauguaarum. Further Reading.2. Puritan Culture:Introduction.Article:A World of Wonders: David D. Hall.Documents:A Model of Christian Charity (1630): John Winthrop.Trial of Mrs Lucy Brewster at a Court Held at Newhaven (1646): Charles J. Hoadly.Tryal of Susanna Martin in Salem (1692).Further Reading. 3. Making Race:Introduction.Article:From "Foul Crimes" to "Spurious Issue": Sexual Regulation and the Social Construction of Race: Kathleen M. Brown.Documents:Letter to his Parents (1623): Richard Frethorne.Virginia Slave Codes (1661 - 1705): William Waller Henning.Petition against Zachareah Jordan (1783): Ruth Tillett.Further Reading. 4. Africa Diaspora:Introduction.Article:Time! Space! and the Evolution of Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America: Ira Berlin.Documents:A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea (1705): William Bosman.The Carolina Chronicle of Dr. Francis Le Jau (1706 - 1717): Francis Le Jau.A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture! A Native of Africa! But Resident above Sixty Years in the Unites States of America (1700s): Venture Smith.Further Reading. 5. European Immigration:Introduction.Article:Worlds in Motion: Bernard Bailyn.Documents:The Infortunate: The Voyage and adventures of William Moraley! an Indentured Servant (1743): William Moraley.Journey to Pennsylvania (1754): Gottlieb Mittelberger.Informations Concerning the Province of North Carolina (1700s): Scotus Americanus.Further Reading. 6. Awakening:Introduction.Article:"Pedlar in Divinity": George Whitfield and the Grea...
