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1619–A Portentous Year. A Book Review and Summary

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Dick Hall-Sizemore
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6 responses to “1619–A Portentous Year. A Book Review and Summary”

  1. YellowstoneBound1948 Avatar
    YellowstoneBound1948

    Outstanding book review! Sandys is one of the great unsung heroes of the early Jamestowne years. I am glad to see him getting some recognition. And Thomas West (Lord Delaware) was evidently a great leader. Who else could have made the colonists turn back after the Starving Time? Can you imagine? The colonists were sailing down the James, and he was sailing up. And he got them to turn back. I was watching a documentary on the Little Big Horn last night, and the narrator intoned that Sitting Bull’s great victory was really the beginning of the end for America’s Native Americans. I think you could make the case that the 1622 uprising was the beginning of the end.

  2. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    Kecoughtan.

    And, as I oft say, “Virginia – 400 years of tradition unhampered by progress.”

    1. oromae Avatar
      oromae

      That’s a ludicrous statement. You make them a habit.

      1. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        Okay.

  3. LarrytheG Avatar
    LarrytheG

    Fascinating and informative book review that gets to the essence of commerce and governance and the interplay and tension between “rule” and ‘libertarianism’.

    Thank You – once more – and again – for sharing an intelligent perspective free of the ignorant culture war idiocy and mythological “history’ that now substitutes for knowledge of actual history.

    In some respects , one might compare the story of Dust Mites with the actual history of Jamestown.

  4. Ronnie Chappell Avatar
    Ronnie Chappell

    Nicely done. I look forward to finding and reading this book.

    For those of you who haven’t visited Jamestown in a while, I highly recommend the archaeology tour offered twice daily at Historic Jamestown. It has become our go-to activity for out-of-town guests who are visiting for a short time. The tour is 90 minutes, or more depending on the guide. The talk describes how scientists and historians are matching artefacts unearthed at the site to written record. An incredible picture of “The Starving Time” emerges. Colonization was hard on all involved — the settlers, the Indians and later the slaves and indentured servants who occupied the land. Since the mid-90’s more than 2 million artifacts have been unearthed, including evidence of survival cannibalism.

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