 | John Smith - 1819 - 318 pages
...Merchant, there she bought fish, that defraied her charges,' and made a good voyage in seuen weekes. About the last ; of August came in a dutch man of warre that sold vs twenty i Negars, • and lapazous King of Patawomeck, came to lames towne, to desire two ships to... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1869 - 478 pages
...introduction of negro slaves in the year 1619, is the following brief statement of Rolfe quoted by Smith : " About the last of August came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty negars." Is there not a probability that the vessel was under the control of Argall, if not the ship Treasurer?... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...published in 1624. Rolfe, after speaking of events that occurred earlier in the year 1619, says (p. 126), " About the last of August came in a dutch man of warre that sold us twenty negars." The mistake of putting the date one year later was first made by Beverly, who wrote a history of Virginia,... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - 1152 pages
...and, having started in May, returned after a voyage of "seven weeks." In the next sentence he says, " About the last of August came in a dutch man of warre that sold vs twenty Negars."-* Might not he have meant "about the end of last August" came the Dutch man-of-war,... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1884 - 626 pages
...introduction of negro slavery into the colony is thus noted by John Rolfe : " About the last of August [1619] came in a Dutch man of warre, that sold us twenty Negars." 1 During this year there were sent to the colony more than twelve hundred settlers, and one hundred... | |
 | Robert Alonzo Brock, Virginia Historical Society - 1887 - 402 pages
..."About the last of August" (1619), says John Rolfe, the husband of Pocahontas, writing from Virginia, " came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negars."" Neill states that the Dutch man of war, which claimed to sail under the commission of the Prince of... | |
 | Robert Alonzo Brock, Virginia Historical Society - 1887 - 404 pages
..."About thé last of August" (1619), says John Rolfe, thé husband of Pocahontas, writing from Virginia, "came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negars."" Neill states that thé Dutch man of war, which claimed to sail under thé commission of thé Prince... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...Champlain and Father Le Garon in the Huron country. (See p. 64.) 1619. — In a Virginian record we read: About the last of August came in a Dutch man of warre, that sold us twenty negars. AFRICAN SLAVERY in America begins. First Popular Assembly of the colonists meets in Virginia. (See... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - 1894 - 386 pages
...years, as it did at Plymouth. After the event noted by John Rolfe : " about the last of August [1619] came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negars," slavery was a continual and increasing curse, as is attested by the laws concerning slaves. It encouraged... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - 1894 - 446 pages
...years, as it did at Plymouth. After the event noted by John Eolfe : " about the last of August [1619] came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negars," slavery was a continual and increasing curse, as is attested by the laws concerning slaves. It encouraged... | |
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About the last of August came in a dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negars. 
