Description
Book SynopsisThrough networks of trails and rivers inland and established ocean routes across the seas, seventeenth-century Virginians were connected to a vibrant Atlantic world. This book shows how their Atlantic world emerged from the movement of goods and services, but trade routes quickly became equally important in the transfer of people and information.
Trade Review"Hatfield explains the importance of intercolonial trade to Virginia as well as its transatlantic connections through English and Dutch traders. . . . Hatfield's greatest contribution, however, is her persuasive argument that Virginians' contact with other colonies fundamentally shaped the way they created the institution of slavery." *
Journal of American History *
"This is an important book. Hatfield has made a significant contribution to the history not only of early Virginia but also to early British America." * James Horn, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation *
"A solid, thought-provoking study of a far more complex world than historians of seventeenth-century Virginia have yet offered." *
Journal of Southern History *
"An example of how to approach colonial history. Historians would be wise to study it carefully." *
American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Indian and English Geographies
2. Shaping the Networks of Maritime Trade
3. Mariners and Colonists
4. Intercolonial Migration
5. English Atlantic Networks and Religion in Virginia
6. Chesapeake Slavery in Atlantic Context
7. Crossing Borders
8. Virginia, North America, and English Atlantic Empire
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
