LINKS TO DOCUMENTS
EXPLORATION
Christopher Columbus - Grant of Privileges
Sir Walter Raleigh Charter - 1584
Hakluyt's Discourse of Western Planting
VIRGINIA
John Smith on the "Starving Time"
William Berkeley's Declaration
NEW ENGLAND
Letter from Massachusetts - 1631
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Miles Standish Probate Records
INDIAN VOICES
Powhatan's Response to John Smith
Account of Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Constitution of the Iroquois Nation
INDENTURED SERVANTS
Richard Frethorne -Virginia 1623
Redemptioners in Pennsylvania - 1750
Elizabeth Sprigs - Maryland 1756
Account of servant - Pennsylvania 1729
Master's view of indentured servitude
SLAVERY
Description of Slave Society - Virginia 1724
Slave Petition - Massachusetts 1777
Petition of Cato for Freedom - Pennsylvania 1780
RELIGION
Examination of Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams - A Plea for Religious Liberty
George Whitefield in Wethersfield, Conn
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
Diary of Thomas Minor, Connecticut Farmer - 1668
FRONTIER
John Lawson's Account of Carolina - 1709
Woodmason on the Carolina Backcountry
Herman Husband's Pamphlet - 1769