Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America PDF
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planting an empire Regional Perspectives on Early America jack p. greene and j. r. pole, advisors h Planting an Empire the early chesapeake in british north america Jean B. Russo and J. Elliott Russo the johns hopkins university press baltimore ∫ 2012 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2012 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Russo, Jean Burrell Planting an empire : the early Chesapeake in British North America / Jean B. Russo, J. Elliott Russo. p. cm. — (Regional perspectives on early America) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-1-4214-0555-1 (hardback) isbn-13: 978-1-4214-0556-8 (pbk.) isbn-13: 978-1-4214-0694-7 (electronic) isbn-10: 1-4214-0555-5 (hardback) isbn-10: 1-4214-0556-3 (pbk.) isbn-10: 1-4214-0694-2 (electronic) 1. Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)—Economic conditions. 2. Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)—Social conditions. 3. Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)—Religious life and customs. 4. Tobacco industry—Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)—History. 5. Slavery—Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)—History. 6. United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. 7. Great Britain— Colonies—America—History. I. Russo, J. Elliott. II. Title. hc104.r87 2012 % 975.2 02—dc23 2011047300 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or [email protected]. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent postconsumer waste, whenever possible. For Lois Green Carr This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix prologue Leah and Rachel 1 one Great Expectations 14 two Troubled Times 52 three Transformations 90 four Coming Together, Moving Apart 126 five A Society Enslaved 164 epilogue Grappling with an Empire 200 Notes 213 Essay on Sources 219 Index 229 hvii This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments Our involvement with the Chesapeake volume of this se- ries began, much longer ago than we care to remember, with an invitation from Robert J. Brugger of the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity Press. Bob has waited very patiently ever since for the results and we thank him both for the opportunity and for the patience. We are also indebted to a number of colleagues for their direct assistance. The late Emory G. Evans never asked us to return his copy of Colonial Virginia and graciously answered many ques- tions about the minutiae of Virginia history. Lorena S. Walsh not only answered all our questions but also read the manuscript and o√ered valuable guidance and corrections. We also thank the two anonymous readers for the Johns Hopkins University Press, especially Reader A, for their perceptive critiques and helpful suggestions. We are grateful to Douglas Bradburn and John C. Coombs for inviting us to attend the symposium ‘‘Early Modern Virginia: New Thoughts on the Old Dominion’’ (Monticello, VA, 2007), thus enabling our work to benefit from the path-breaking re- search presented during its sessions. At the JHU Press, we ex- press our gratitude to Deborah Bors, Juliana McCarthy, and Kara Reiter for guiding us and the manuscript through the editorial process with e≈ciency and thoughtfulness. We thank Dennis Marshall for his careful, insightful copyediting and humorous exchanges and Robert Cronan for his skillful work in preparing the maps that enhance our volume. We also wish to acknowledge hix
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