The captivating story of four young people—English and
Powhatan—who lived their lives between cultures In Pocahontas and
the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman
shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia’s
founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling
story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into
cross-cultural relationships—and became essential for the
colony’s survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to
both sides of early Virginia. Here for the first time outside
scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from
the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over
the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told intertwined
stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young
English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders
to act as intermediaries. Pocahontas and the English Boys is a
riveting seventeenth-century story of intrigue and danger,
knowledge and power, and four youths who lived out their lives
between cultures. As Pocahontas, Thomas, Henry, and Robert
collaborated and conspired in carrying messages and trying to
smooth out difficulties, they never knew when they might be caught
in the firing line of developing hostilities. While their knowledge
and role in controlling communication gave them status and a degree
of power, their relationships with both sides meant that no one
trusted them completely. Written by an expert in sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century Atlantic history, Pocahontas and the English
Boys unearths gems from the archives—Henry Spelman’s memoir,
travel accounts, letters, and official reports and records of
meetings of the governor and council in Virginia—and draws on
recent archaeology to share the stories of the young people who
were key influencers of their day and who are now set to transform
our understanding of early Virginia.
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