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The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World

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By (author): Jennifer Potter

'Compelling... A real pleasure to read.' - BBC History Magazine


In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London's call for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for the planters of its new colony in Virginia.While the women travelled of their own accord, the company was in effect selling them at a profit for a bride price of 150 lbs of tobacco for each woman sold. The rewards would flow to investors in the near-bankrupt company. But what did the women want from the enterprise? Why did they agree to make the perilous crossing to a wild and dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within their first few years? And what happened to them in the end?

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Product Details
  • Weight: 330g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Jul 2019
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781782399162

About Jennifer Potter

Jennifer Potter is the author of four novels and six works of non-fiction most recently The Jamestown Brides The Untold Story of England's 'maids for Virginia' (Atlantic 2018). Other titles published by Atlantic include The Rose A True History; Seven Flowers And How They Shaped Our World; and Strange Blooms The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants. A long-time reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and an accredited Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Consultant Fellow she currently runs writing workshops for students and staff at British universities and was recently appointed one of the first RLF Writing Fellows at the British Library.

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