11. “The chief Design of all Parties
concern’d was to fetch away
the Treasure from thence,
aiming more at sudden Gain
than to form any regular
Colony.”
– Robert Beverly, 1705
23. “that nothing was Spared
to maintain Life and to do those
things which seem incredible, as to
dig up dead corpses out of graves
and to eat them. And some have
Licked up the Blood which had
fallen from their weak fellows.”
24. “that nothing was Spared
to maintain Life and to do those
things which seem incredible, as to
dig up dead corpses out of graves
and to eat them. And some have
Licked up the Blood which had
fallen from their weak fellows.”
25. “that nothing was Spared
to maintain Life and to do those
things which seem incredible, as to
dig up dead corpses out of graves
and to eat them. And some have
Licked up the Blood which had
fallen from their weak fellows.”
57. Name Muster Status Location Corporation Age Ship Date of
Arrival
Muster
Date
Notes
58. Name Muster Status Location Corporation Age Ship Date of
Arrival
Muster
Date
Notes
servant
servant
servant
servant
59. “By the time of Portuguese
colonization of South
America, the term “negro”
[negros da terra] had become
almost synonymous with
“slave” in the Portuguese
language” (13)
-- Nishida, Slavery and Identity
61. October 1670 - ACT XII.
What tyme Indians to serve.
“WHEREAS some dispute have arisen
whither Indians taken in warr by any
other nation, and by that nation that
taketh them sold to the English, are
sevants for life or terme of yeares,
62. October 1670 - ACT XII.
What time Indians to serve.
“WHEREAS some disputes have arisen
whether Indians taken in war by any
other nation, and by that nation that
took them sold to the English, are
servants for life or term of years,
63. It is resolved and enacted that all
servants not being christians imported
into this colony by shipping shall be
slaves for their lives; but what shall
come by land shall serve, if boyes or
girles, untill thirty yeares of age, if
men or women twelve yeares and no
longer.”
64. It is resolved and enacted that all
servants not being Christians imported
into this colony by shipping shall be
slaves for their lives; but [who] shall
come by land shall serve, if boys or
girls, until thirty years of age, if men
or women twelve years and no
longer.”