The Virginia colony laws collected here demonstrate how the colonial government used legislation about women to shore up race-based slavery.
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This is the story of a Montaukett sunksquaw who manipulated the colonial powers around her to solidify her status and her people’s security.
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This document illustrates how women in English society were economically marginalized by the common law practice of coverture.
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This is the story of an intersex person who ran afoul of a small community in colonial Virginia.
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This is the story of a sachem of the Pocassett people who led her warriors in support of Metacom/King Philip’s war against the Puritans.
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