Historical Context
Historical Context
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"Rioting" in Virginia
When people look up the events in Virginia in 1682, they sometimes will notice that people write about rioting occurring in the colony. Today, we will find out what really happened.
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Governor Culpepper versus The House of Burgesses
Просмотров 5212 года назад
Governor Culpepper finally arrives and brings three legislative requests with him. Two are easily agreed upon, but the third regarding a tax on tobacco, becomes a source of contention in today's episode. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-dru...
Absent Leadership in Virginia
Просмотров 4102 года назад
Governor Culpepper begins his tenure as governor, but as we are about to find out, the colonists will need to be patient when it comes to meeting him in person. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...
Virginia's Leadership Transitions Again
Просмотров 5102 года назад
With the death of Sir William Berkeley, Colonel Jeffreys days as the Acting Governor of Virginia are limited. In today's episode, we examine its transition. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Turning Against Berkeley: The Fallout of Bacon's Rebellion
Просмотров 9052 года назад
Today, the investigation is underway as to why Bacon's rebellion happened. The results would turn the colony against Governor Berkeley. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion
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Today, we examine the abrupt conclusion of Bacon's rebellion. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Violence and Destruction of Bacon's Rebellion
Просмотров 7652 года назад
The destruction and violence of Bacon's rebellion spreads beyond the natives in today's episode. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Nathaniel Bacon in His Own Words
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With Bacon's Rebellion in full swing, Nathaniel Bacon issues a number of written statements. Today, we examine them in detail. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rebellion Breaks Out in Virginia
Просмотров 6552 года назад
Today's episode examines Virginia in 1675 where discontent has transformed into rebellion. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Prelude to Bacon's Rebellion
Просмотров 9092 года назад
In today's episode, the early 1670's breeds further discontent in the Virginia colony. We'll examine through the writings of the era. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Virginia Through the Eyes of Governor Berkeley
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Today, we examine the Virginia colony in 1670 through the writings of Governor Sir William Berkeley. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Read Berkeley’s “Enquiries to the Governor of Virginia”: www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1062 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-...
The Dutch Attack Virginia
Просмотров 7412 года назад
Today's episode covers the Dutch attack of merchant shipping in Virginia and additional calamities create further economic strain in the colony. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Virginia's Economy Crippled by War
Просмотров 6662 года назад
Today's episode discusses the Second Anglo Dutch War and how it complicated matters for the Virginia colonial economy. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Reflections and Thank You After 100 Episodes
Просмотров 1952 года назад
Today, I take a brief break with a special episode reflecting on 100 episodes, plans for the future, and a thank you for the loyal support! Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Virginia's First Slave Rebellion and the Dutch Threat
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In today's episode, we look at the first slave rebellion in the colonies led by some unusual suspects. Also, relations between England and the Netherlands creates potential problems for Virginia. Follow us on Twitter: HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: the.historical.context Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum Licens...
The Restoration of Sir William Berkeley
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The Restoration of Sir William Berkeley
The End of the English Commonwealth
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The End of the English Commonwealth
New Netherlands During the English Commonwealth and The Destruction of New Sweden
Просмотров 6212 года назад
New Netherlands During the English Commonwealth and The Destruction of New Sweden
Rhode Island: Divisive After United
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Rhode Island: Divisive After United
The Threat of War and Quakers in Connecticut
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The Threat of War and Quakers in Connecticut
The Hanging of Quakers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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The Hanging of Quakers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Fraud, Annexation, and Dissension at the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Fraud, Annexation, and Dissension at the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Battle of Severn and the Restoration of Lord Baltimore
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The Battle of Severn and the Restoration of Lord Baltimore
Maryland is Seized by the Virginia Commissioners
Просмотров 4702 года назад
Maryland is Seized by the Virginia Commissioners
The Height of Legislative Autonomy in the Virginia Colony
Просмотров 4032 года назад
The Height of Legislative Autonomy in the Virginia Colony
The Start of the Commonwealth of England
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The Start of the Commonwealth of England
The Rhode Island Colony Splits Into Two
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The Rhode Island Colony Splits Into Two
Witch Trials and Peace Treaties in Connecticut
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Witch Trials and Peace Treaties in Connecticut
The Short Lived Colony of Maine
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The Short Lived Colony of Maine
Anabaptists and Witchcraft at the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Anabaptists and Witchcraft at the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Комментарии

  • @Mysterious328
    @Mysterious328 День назад

    Direct Descendant of Sir John Harrington

  • @daviddavid-ud9bt
    @daviddavid-ud9bt 5 дней назад

    Very interesting stuff! And you explained that really well. With my ADD I usually have to watch a video like this twice or three times to get it.. . I only have to watch your videos once.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 5 дней назад

      That's amazing! I hope you stick around and watch some other episodes. I appreciate the comment!

    • @daviddavid-ud9bt
      @daviddavid-ud9bt 5 дней назад

      @@HistoricalContextUSA hell ya, I subscribed right away. Looking forward to learning more history that I missed in high school.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 4 дня назад

      @@daviddavid-ud9bt Awesome!

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 7 дней назад

    Excellent episode! I never realized that the Carribean was depopulated so quickly and there was such a literal gold rush there (as opposed to Mexico). Great reflections on the figure of De Las Casas and his underappreciated place in the history of ideas. I agree with your comments on Colombus, His figure raises the preptual historical question of the effects "great" individuals vs larger contexts. He himself could have been good, bad, or not existed at all and arguably Europeans of the age would have still done what they did given thier context politics, economics, technologies & culture. Thanks again for your work. Its a gift!

  • @MrPepeton75
    @MrPepeton75 9 дней назад

    You are a very good narrator ❤ They should show you at school ❤

  • @MrPepeton75
    @MrPepeton75 9 дней назад

    Excellent presentation ❤

  • @315NY
    @315NY 10 дней назад

    Thank you for covering this! Coronado is well documented in my tribe (Zuni Pueblo) and the stories of the seven cities of cibola. Great research!

  • @zayaanderson5486
    @zayaanderson5486 12 дней назад

    The link in the discription is not found, do you have another link with proper credentials?

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 11 дней назад

      Yes, try this link: content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/aj/id/4514

    • @zayaanderson5486
      @zayaanderson5486 11 дней назад

      @@HistoricalContextUSA Thank you!!!!!! Great video

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 11 дней назад

      @@zayaanderson5486 You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @waynepurzner145
    @waynepurzner145 13 дней назад

    My eight times great grandfather is Governor John Endicott. I’m a direct descendent.

  • @williamcrump7551
    @williamcrump7551 13 дней назад

    His name was George Evelin not Robert Evelin

  • @kaidenbleas8361
    @kaidenbleas8361 13 дней назад

    when will you start posting again?

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 12 дней назад

      Not sure yet. I hope to someday.

    • @kaidenbleas8361
      @kaidenbleas8361 11 дней назад

      @ i’ve started from the beginning and working my way through. Very entertaining and easy to stay focused on. Whenever you do, i’ll be a weekly listener.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 11 дней назад

      @@kaidenbleas8361 Thank you!

  • @JosephJohn-fb9wx
    @JosephJohn-fb9wx 16 дней назад

    There is and was a lot of gold in Georgia in the Dahlonega area, but the Spanish seemed to have bypassed that region of North Georgia.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 15 дней назад

      Really? I did not know that. Thanks for sharing!

    • @JosephJohn-fb9wx
      @JosephJohn-fb9wx 15 дней назад

      @HistoricalContextUSA The first "gold rush" in the US was in Dahlonega. I am a retired faculty member at University of Georgia. There is a lot of scuttlebutt about DeSoto establishing missions in middle Georgia in the area of Dodge County. There is also controversy around which route he actually took through Georgia. Brilliant series of videos BTW.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 15 дней назад

      @ Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate your added context. Local historians are such an important resource to these stories because they love to share what's disputed and what we know (which is so important!)

  • @BABYGHOSTBabyghost-l9y
    @BABYGHOSTBabyghost-l9y 16 дней назад

    YUP BEAT ALL THE TRIBES EXCEPT THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY LOL AND CLEARLY SHOWS ON HIS MAP HE TOOK A FAR LEFT FROM NEWYORK 😂😂😂😂😂🫵🏽PATHETIC

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 16 дней назад

    Another great episode. Learning so much!😀😀 Thank you!

  • @tomasneel1980
    @tomasneel1980 17 дней назад

    Wait till you read the diaries of the explorers that went with EL TOVAR , one said a Hopi priest performed the whole Masonic ceremony, then shook his head ‘’ no ‘’ and said to the chief at awatobi, ‘’ these men are not the Promised White God returning. ‘’ Go figure, chapter 29 Isaiah kinda talks about this ,

  • @ashleyc9892
    @ashleyc9892 17 дней назад

    Interestingly I'm descendant of both William Cecil and John calvert through my grandma and grandfather on my dad's side.

  • @gregoryforte8876
    @gregoryforte8876 18 дней назад

    Not like (Brillo Pad)Ca-bri-yo

  • @lynnettewilliamsfelton2829
    @lynnettewilliamsfelton2829 21 день назад

    What about the people who was banished there for criminal acts.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 20 дней назад

      I did not see anything in the information I read, but if you come across something, please feel free to share it.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 22 дня назад

    Another great episode. A question: do you know if the letters were originally in Latin or Spanish or other? Thanks so much for your great work!

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 21 день назад

      Thanks! As to your question, I do not know the original language of the letters.

  • @grzlbr
    @grzlbr 26 дней назад

    5:03 Never take anything without a grain of salt, hysteria and activists are a dime a dozen when concerning people throughout history.

  • @tlangley44
    @tlangley44 26 дней назад

    I’m from a southeastern tribe. The town called “Aute” could be the word “aati” which just means the people or maybe “aatiha”meaning many people or a town perhaps.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 28 дней назад

    Another great installment!

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 28 дней назад

    Prehaps south america had been visited by fisherman who weren't offically sactioned sources.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 28 дней назад

    Re: "The Spanish crown recalls Colombus back in 1496..." therefore there must have then been ship making the voyage after Colombus to carry such messages. Ships of the crown are able to find their way to the Indies from Spain, presumedly following navigation instructions Colombus had created while in Spain.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 28 дней назад

    another great episode!

  • @remy1234ish
    @remy1234ish 29 дней назад

    This is probably way out of sequence for you(i just recently discovered your channel--really like it), but could you do a series of Francisco de Orellana? (1st European to descend the Amazon. Father Carbahal, his priest, wrote quite an account of his journey. There might be other sources. His description of latge population centers, roads and temples along the Amazon was thought to be fantasy.....until recent years when rainforest clearance and lidar began to show the account was likely accurate and the population very large. Research into Amazonian civilizations is ongoing)

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 28 дней назад

      I will add this to my list. I am currently not making new episodes, but you never know!

  • @ChasteenChastain
    @ChasteenChastain 29 дней назад

    I am the 10th generational male descendant of the Huguenot Pierre Chastain, b. 1659 in Charoost province of Berri, France. His father and grandfather, and l believe GG Grand father were notaire royal at Charoost starting in 1597. They fled to Yverfon, Switzerland approximately 1692, then to Holland , then London. He arrived in Virginia USA in 1700. I’m very proud to be related to them. May God Bless everyone. From Liberty, Missouri. Peace.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 28 дней назад

      Thank you for sharing! Glad you found the channel!

    • @Blueridge1
      @Blueridge1 27 дней назад

      My huguenot ancestors arrived in Virginia in the 1700s as well...Their names was Faure and mine is Ford...Greetings from Knoxville Tennessee

    • @ChasteenChastain
      @ChasteenChastain 27 дней назад

      @ ln the year 2000 l drove to Richmond Virginia, actually about 20 miles north where Pierre is buried along with other Huguenots, there were people in the cemetery with your ancestors names there, Ford and the variations of that name there. My great great great Grandfather Jeremiah Chastain was born in Rhea County, Tennessee in 1826 or 27!. He , and 4 brothers came into southern Missouri at different times in early 1800s. Jeremiah came to the northern part of the Ozarks. Thanks for the response Brother.

    • @Blueridge1
      @Blueridge1 27 дней назад

      ​@@ChasteenChastain one of the Fords in my line married a Chastain lady...Daniel Faure married Mary Chastain in Berry France in 1609

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA 27 дней назад

      @ Thanks for sharing!

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 29 дней назад

    Great stuff! Had King John of Portugal already sent expeditions down he coast of Africa by the time he meets Colombus sailing back from the America's?

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    I'm here in jan 2025 to start the whole series from the beginning after I watched the excellent early New England unit. It Is intriguing that the documents Colombus agreed with the Spanish crowd have an expectation that new lands will be found.... was this due to educated geographic specultion or had some sailors already been out there, or other? I guess we can only speculate.. Great stuff! Best history series I've found on you tube!

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Thank you! Glad you found your way back to the beginning. To your questions, I think we can only speculate as I did not see anything drawing an answer. Enjoy!

  • @KarlKarsnark
    @KarlKarsnark Месяц назад

    "Columbus", we don't really know his real name, or that this his portrait, wasn't a Christian at all. On the contrary, he was a Spanish Crypto-Jew (Murano). One of many that made up the various "Pirates of the Caribbean". His "departure" date from Spain was the date of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain on Tish b'Av, 1492. Of course, Jews/Semites had been invading Spain since the time of the Carthaginians. The name "Spain" itself is derived from "Shepheard", home of the "Sephardic Jews". Columbus played the role of Catholic missionary by day, but signed all of his personal letters home to his friends and family with the Hebrew letters beit-hay (ב”ה) which are short for "with god's help". I suppose he needed "help" with all of the enslaving and exploitation. A truly vile creature who not only didn't do anything remotely close to what is attributed to him, but was knowingly and actively Evil, even by the standards of the literal Spanish Inquisition back home.

  • @BrandyLee01
    @BrandyLee01 Месяц назад

    John Haynes is my (however many greats) grand pappy! I’d love any links to any more information about him if you have any!

  • @bobbydetecting8152
    @bobbydetecting8152 Месяц назад

    Hello I am a dependent from Henry Rust from Hingham do you by chance have any information on the Rust name in the early founding of Massachusetts? Thanks

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      The name does not ring a bell. Any idea when you think they may have come to Massachusetts? If I see it in the future, I will let you know.

    • @bobbydetecting8152
      @bobbydetecting8152 Месяц назад

      @HistoricalContextUSA Okay thank yes he is on Google Henry Rust 1613-1684 came from Norfolk England in 1633 to Hingham Massachusets wanted to see if there was anymore literature stories or more information about him. Found some things about he was around a Lincoln who was responsible for founding Hingham.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Great video! Thanks so much for your hard work!

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm glad you are enjoying.

  • @paulferrell6198
    @paulferrell6198 Месяц назад

    The panhandle is in the NORTH near Alabama not in the south

  • @williamwirick886
    @williamwirick886 Месяц назад

    The assimilation idea might explain the melungeon people of Appalachia.

  • @kingbaldwiniv5409
    @kingbaldwiniv5409 Месяц назад

    You should read the primary sources from the Cortez expedition. He was most assuredly NOT riding into towns and just slaughtering villagers and taking their stuff. There was no way that 600-700 Spaniards walk into an empire of over 12 million and conquer it in such a fashion. Because of la Marina and Fr. Aguilar being able to act as translators for Chontal and Nahuatl, he made alliances and played against the unpopularity of the Aztec authorities, including their priests of blood. The Tarascans were instrumental in particular. Cabeza de Vaca, pronounced with a "b" sound for the "V" in Vaca. The head of the bull, it was a family honorific they had earned in the wars during the Reconquista. I am glad you are covering his story, it is miraculous.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Thank you for sharing. I hope someday to read the Cortez expedition sources.

  • @lindanorris2455
    @lindanorris2455 Месяц назад

    (maternal) Grandfather - (1945) harry cossaboom (Karseboom) DIGBY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. 9TH OR 11th (maternal) Jan Evertszen Karseboom - Holland not sure from where?

  • @Lili-vd3zh
    @Lili-vd3zh Месяц назад

    I am french and descendant of old huguenot family from Bordeaux and La Rochelle. Huguenots were calvinists not lutherians. I know I have ancestors who left France for America.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @Blueridge1
      @Blueridge1 27 дней назад

      My family is from La Rochelle France ....They came to Virginia in 1700s...Their name was Faure and mine has changed to Ford...Not that you care but you know now anyway 😂

    • @Lili-vd3zh
      @Lili-vd3zh 27 дней назад

      @@Blueridge1 Maybe you are cousin with the famous Docteur and historian Elie Faure 🤔...

    • @Blueridge1
      @Blueridge1 27 дней назад

      Interesting 👍

  • @scott1395
    @scott1395 Месяц назад

    I live in the OCUTE/ COFAQI area of georgia in greene co ga! A friend of mine were talking about his grandfather or maybe his great grandfather and all the indian artifacts his grandfather had collected from plowing the fields with a mule in the early 1900s! He kept them in an old country store where as a kid my dad would stop by a talk to him! He has since passed away 30 or 40 years ago! My friend and i were talking about his artifacts and he told me he had found a 15th century spanish coin plowing the fields as well! I asked his family still had it and he said no it was lost when the original country store burned in the 1920s or 30s! He later rebuilt store in same place! The largest indian mound complex in greene county is in the same area of southeastern greene county as well! I imagine that coin of whats left of it could be under ir around that old store thats still standing today and pretty well maintained! The map shows De Soto did come thru my area as i was told as a kid and the coin reinforces that!

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Wow! Great story and I hope that coin gets found one day. I can only imagine the treasures that were on display in that old country store.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Great stuff!

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Great content... Never knew New Hampshire's origin... super interesting and well done!

  • @eddiekulp1241
    @eddiekulp1241 Месяц назад

    Seems like the expedition just blundered and plundered from village to village saying " wheres the gold " ? That a few of them found there way back home is a miracle

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      So many of these expeditions stranded people in the American southeast, and in some cases, people found their way home a decade plus later.

  • @eddiekulp1241
    @eddiekulp1241 Месяц назад

    Natives were smart , they just told DeSoto the next village had gold to get rid of the spaniards

  • @Arkansas223
    @Arkansas223 Месяц назад

    What about the Ethiopian looking people ? With strong arms and well built legs ? In 1524.. seems like those people were reclassified as negro and enslaved with the Africans who came just kind of like what happen in “VIRGINIA INDIANS MAY BE CLASSIFIED WITH NEGRO RACE”, Foundational Black Americans oral history says we intermingled with the BLACK “Ethiopian” looking Indians (who were the originals) and the asiatic Indians also.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Several people have mentioned this in the comments, but I did not come across anything when I researched the topic.

  • @TheMule71
    @TheMule71 Месяц назад

    It's a intriguiing series. Unfortunately the media today is so keen to rewrite and simplify history to fit their narrative. History rarely fit modern narrative. Actually it's full of surprising fact. Like, a black man would feel much safer and respected in Nazi Berlin in '36 than in New York (let alone southern US States). An unconfortable truth but yet it explains why there were actual Nazi groups in the US at the time. A piece of missing context for this part. I've researched a bit and I haven't found any mention if de las Casas actually spoke English, but I doubt it. So the translation shown here must be someone else's. The earliest transalations occured as part of a propaganda effort in the late XVI century by the British to cast the Spaniards in a bad light, and pose themselves as the liberators of the Indies. It's no wonder they turned de las Casas in a celebrity of sorts. So exaggeration was not only part of style of the time, and clearly a choice by de las Casas, but I wonder how much of it is due to the translation itself. De las Casas neutral position towards Columbus speaks volumes indeed. He wasn't a fan, but he probably sided with Columbus when he denounced the status of disarray of the colonies. Unfortunately we have little of what Columbus actually wrote. A lot of stuff arrived to us via "translations", we don't know how accurate they are. This allows speculations to be made, and then turned into "facts". Also, de las Casas efforts weren't fruitless. See sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1542newlawsindies.asp. It's 1542 and the King writes "We have ordered provision to be made that from henceforward the Indians in no way be made slaves". Even more significant is another paragraph: "Because report has been made to us that owing to the pearl fisheries not having been conducted in a proper manner deaths of many Indians and Negroes have ensued, We command that no free Indian be taken to the said fishery under pain of death, and that the bishop and the judge who shall be at Veneçuela direct what shall seem to them most fit for the preservation of the slaves working in the said fishery, both Indians and Negroes, and that the deaths may cease. If, however, it should appear to them that the risk of death cannot be avoided by the said Indians and Negroes, let the fishery of the said pearls cease, since we value much more highly (as is right) the preservation of their lives than the gain which may come to us from the pearls." Of course, this is not to be seen in the context of "human rights", rather more "it pleases the King". But still.

    • @HistoricalContextUSA
      @HistoricalContextUSA Месяц назад

      Thanks for the comment. Anyone is welcome to find de las Casas original writings in Spanish and verify them through their own translation. I think it's important to note that not one persons account or a group of accounts will tell the entire story, yet I think it is important to share and discuss like you are doing here.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Weston! I went to high school in Weston ma... no one told us the town was named after a real SOB!

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Squanto RIP - what a life! As if Richard Dryfus in Close Encounters evenutally comes back to earth, finds his community wiped out, and ends up as a freelance fixer for the Aliens when they subsquently come back to colonise earth..

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Trading beaver pelts from england to the new england natives for corn is ...ironic... presumedly the pelts came orignally from the baltics or russia, while beavers were/are common in new england itself.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Another great episode. Boy i'm learning a lot!

  • @patchjohanson
    @patchjohanson Месяц назад

    Calumny means slander.

  • @PGoose63
    @PGoose63 Месяц назад

    Plenty of wild turkeys today in Mass....