All posts tagged "indentured servitude"
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11.3KMassachusettsRichard More, The Pilgrim Saint Who Sinned a Lot
Richard More was just six years old when his embittered legal – but not biological – father packed him off to the...
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21.3K5New HampshireEunice Cole, The Witch of Hampton Who Could Not Be Stopped
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch. Town officials hauled her into court to face charges...
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35.7K10MassachusettsStephen Hopkins, Jamestown Settler, Mayflower Pilgrim – and Shakespeare Character?
Stephen Hopkins settled both Jamestown and Plymouth, and many believe Shakespeare based a character on him. Though he wasn’t among the first...
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11.3K8ConnecticutPuritan Justice of the New Haven Colony: Sometimes Nasty and Brutish
Under Puritan justice in 17th century New Haven, rumors of sex with a pig got you hanged, exposing sexual harassment got you...
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7.7K4New HampshireHarriet Wilson Describes Racism in 1859. Few Cared.
On April 19, 1859, Harriet Wilson copyrighted and deposited a copy of her novel in the Office of the Clerk of the...
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