marriage. When Dennis was in labor on October 8, 1673, he burst into the room and demanded that Dennis confess who the real father was. Dennis broke down in tears and confessed that Henry Smith had raped her and then told her to lie. When asked why she had
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Mexico City, where her talents impressed many of the colony’s elite. During this time, she turned down numerous marriage proposals because she preferred to continue her studies. In 1669, she became a nun so she could escape marriage and continue to study
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marriage to Emmanuel to make sure Anthony, her adopted child, would inherit his parents’ status as free people. She and Emmanuel petitioned the company for Anthony’s freedom in 1661. They argued that Anthony was free because Dorothy had raised him without
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against her current and former employers, selling the goods she stole, and having sex outside of marriage. The court took all of this evidence together as proof that Lisbeth, as a young woman without parental authority, had become a public menace and a
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, where her father took up the position of governor of Cartagena de Indias in Nueva Granada (present day Colombia). Throughout her travels, Teresa received the very best education—by the time she reached marriageable age, she could read and write Spanish
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greater financial security for their people. Zuni potters were at the forefront of the revival of traditional Native practices during the Pueblo Revolt. Women could use the marriage traditions of the dowry and arras to escape unhappy marriages. And wealthy
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Mohawk before her marriage. This was a common practice among the Mohawk in the mid- to late-1600s, when they were trying to overcome population losses caused by European diseases and fur trade wars. Because of this practice, the community Kateri grew up
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anyone from doing such things in the future under severe penalties; and if Spaniards should wish to marry Indian women, the marriages should be entered into willingly by both parties and not made by force.
Isabella acknowledges that Spanish settlers have
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