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Friday, 25 August 2017

17C American Women: Women Already in the Chesapeake when English Colon...

17C American Women: Women Already in the Chesapeake when English Colon...: 1585 John White (English artist, c 1540-1593) Indian Woman and Young Girl 1585 The Powhatan Confederacy (c. 1600-1646) was a confederacy ...

Thursday, 24 August 2017

Australian Survival and Preppers..: More Firearms Restrictions! Further Licensing Issu...

Australian Survival and Preppers..: More Firearms Restrictions! Further Licensing Issu...: Property Letters We are encountering issues regarding property letter sizes.  Specifically, a change in policy within Police Licensin...

17C American Women: Africans in Maryland - Slave & Free - Men & Women

17C American Women: Africans in Maryland - Slave & Free - Men & Women: Soon after the settlement of Maryland in the 17C, British ships with Africans for sale as slaves began to appear in the Chesapeake. The Atla...

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Dave's ACT: What was the Australian Aboriginal War like GGGran...

Dave's ACT: What was the Australian Aboriginal War like GGGran...: I'm putting this here for reference. It is a section from my great great grandfather's Reminiscences as written down in the third pe...

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

17C American Women: 17C Estimated Slave Imports into the New World

17C American Women: 17C Estimated Slave Imports into the New World: Estimated Slave Imports to the New World, 17th Century Spanish American 292,500 Brazil 560,000 British Caribbean 263,700 Dutch Carib...

Thursday, 3 August 2017

The Shirttail Mess : "Much tormented with Ticks" . . and Occam's Razor

The Shirttail Mess : "Much tormented with Ticks" . . and Occam's Razor: "Friday, May 26th, 1775. Proceeded up the River. Met 2 Canoes bound to Redstone. Shot an old Buffalo Bull that had his ears mar...

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Tuesday, 1 August 2017

17C American Women: 1586 Ralph Lane's Report on the Colony at Roanoke

17C American Women: 1586 Ralph Lane's Report on the Colony at Roanoke: The first English Colony of Roanoke, originally consisting of 100 householders, was founded in 1585, 22 years before Jamestown and 37 years ...