Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Auteur van The Jamestown Project
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Karen Ordahl Kupperman is Silver Professor of History Emerita at New York University. Her books include The Atlantic in World History, The Jamestown Project, and Indians and English, winner of the AHA Prize in Atlantic History.
Werken van Karen Ordahl Kupperman
America in European Consciousness, 1493-1750 (Institute of Early American History and Culture) (1995) 51 exemplaren
Settling with the Indians : the meeting of English and Indian cultures in America, 1580-1640 (1980) 13 exemplaren
"Apathy and Death in Early Jamestown," 1 exemplaar
"Climate and Mastery in the Wilderness," 1 exemplaar
Essays On The Columbian Encounter: North America And The Beginnings Of European Colonization 1 exemplaar
Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony 1 exemplaar
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BOOK REVIEW:
“Pocahontas and the English Boys” by Karen Ordahl Kupperman's is a fascinating read. The story is about several young English boys who were traded with the Native American Indians (Powhatans and other tribes) in exchange for corn and other staples to help the floundering Virginia colony survive. The plan was to trade these youngsters so they would learn the language and culture and then be able to act as translators in the relationships. Apparently it was very common to trade or ship out your kid when they reached the “nonage” years of the early teens. I was surprised to learn this trading out of young boys and girls was a very common custom even amongst the rich. They believed a parent, especially the mother, couldn’t properly raise their child into adulthood because their affection would interfere. Most were traded out between the ages of 10-15 years of age.
The author pulls from many source documents to tell these stories and weaves it all into a narrative thread because the English boys and Pocahontas were about the same age and knew each other too. Their lives and survival was very tenuous as they were sometimes used to send friendly messages as a ruse and set up one side to attack the other. Additionally, they developed affections for their keepers so their loyalties were split. On the whole, I think it was better to be sold or traded to the Indians because you were going to eat and they just treated their captives better. The Indians “adopted” these boys as a “sons.” But the reason why they were there was inherently dangerous and created one precarious situation after another.
For more on “Pocahontas and the English Boys” engrossing adventures read the book. Karen Ordahl Kupperman’s meticulous research is well documented on every page while still narrating and weaving an amazing story. @KatoJustus4… (meer)