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Introduces readers to a refreshing assortment of brave American women of colonial times. This title presents stories of such remarkable colonial women as Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in a Massachusetts courtroom in the 1780s; and, more.

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Introduction.

NEW ENGLAND.

Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643).

Queen Weetamoo (163? to 1667).

Deborah Samson (1760-1831).

Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman (1742-1829).

Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818).

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784).

The MIDDLE COLONIES.

Margaret Brent (1601-1671).

Peggy Shippen Amold (1760-1804).

Betsy Griscom Ross (1752-1836).

Esther DeBerdt Reed (1746-1780).

THE SOUTH.

Anne Bonny (1697-17??).

Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793).

Anne Trotter Bailey (1743-1825).

Mary Draper Ingles (1731-1815).

Suggested Reading.

Timeline.

Other Outrageous Women of Colonial America.

Credits.

Outrageous Women of Colonial America 5

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 9 April 2001
      ISBN-13 9780471382997
      978-0471382997
      ISBN-10 047138299X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Introduces readers to a refreshing assortment of brave American women of colonial times. This title presents stories of such remarkable colonial women as Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in a Massachusetts courtroom in the 1780s; and, more.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      NEW ENGLAND.

      Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643).

      Queen Weetamoo (163? to 1667).

      Deborah Samson (1760-1831).

      Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman (1742-1829).

      Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818).

      Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784).

      The MIDDLE COLONIES.

      Margaret Brent (1601-1671).

      Peggy Shippen Amold (1760-1804).

      Betsy Griscom Ross (1752-1836).

      Esther DeBerdt Reed (1746-1780).

      THE SOUTH.

      Anne Bonny (1697-17??).

      Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793).

      Anne Trotter Bailey (1743-1825).

      Mary Draper Ingles (1731-1815).

      Suggested Reading.

      Timeline.

      Other Outrageous Women of Colonial America.

      Credits.

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