Anglo-Native Virginia: Trade, Conversion, and Indian Slavery in the Old Dominion, 1646-1722 (Early American Places Ser.)

The 1646 Treaty of Peace with Necotowance in Virginia fundamentally changed relationships between Native Americans and the English settlers of Virginia. Virginians were unique in their interaction with Native peoples in part because of their tributary system, a practice that became codified with the 1646 Treaty of Peace with the former Powhatan Confederacy. This book traces English establishment of tributary status for its Native allies and the phrasing and concept of foreign Indians for non-allied Natives.Kristalyn Marie Shefveland examines Anglo-Indian interactions through the conception of Native tributaries to the Virginia colony, with particular emphasis on the colonial and tributary and foreign Native settlements of the Piedmont and southwestern Coastal Plain between 1646 and 1722. Shefveland contends that this region played a central role in the larger narrative of the colonial plantation South and of the Indian experience in the Southeast. The transformation of Virginia from fledgling colony on the outpost of empire to a frontier model of English society was influenced significantly by interactions between the colonizers and Natives.Many of the powerful families that emerged to dominate Virginia's history gained their start through Native trade and diplomacy in this transformative period, particularly through the Byrd family, whose members emerged as key figures in trade, slavery, diplomacy, and conversion. By the second half of the seventeenth century, the transformation of Virginia set forth political, economic, racial, and class distinctions that typified the state for the next three centuries. This Project Examines Anglo-indian Interactions Through The Conception Of Native Tributaries To The Virginia Colony, With Particular Emphasis On The Colonial And Tributary And Foreign Native Settlements Of The Piedmont And Southwestern Coastal Plain Between 1646 And 1722. The Transformation Of Virginia From Fledgling Colony On The Outpost Of Empire To A Frontier Model Of English Society Did Not Occur Without Significant Interactions Between Colonizers And Natives. By Most Accounts, The Second Half Of The Seventeenth Century Witnessed A Transformation In Virginia, Setting Forth Political, Economic, Racial, And Class Distinctions That Typified Virginia For The Next Three Centuries. Power Became Consolidated In The Hands Of A Few Wealthy Landowners Who Looked To Slave Labor To Run Their Plantation Economy. Social Stratification Increased And The Planters Eventually Became The Political And Cultural Authorities In The Colony. English Colonists Had Great Concerns About How To Interact With Their Native Neighbors, Concerns That Determined English Settlement, Trade, And Diplomacy, And Eventually Set The Stage For Indian Relocation, Displacement, And Removal. Many Of The Powerful Families That Emerged To Dominate Virginia's History Gained Their Start Through Native Trade And Diplomacy In This Transformative Period And That Will Be A Central Focus Of This Work--provided By Publisher. Treaty Of Peace: 1646 -- Indian Trade And Upheaval: The Rise Of Abraham Wood -- The Rise Of Indian Slavery: William Byrd, & Bacon's Rebellion -- In The Wake Of War: Tributary Obligations -- The New Paradigm: Alexander Spotswood's Trade Policies -- Peace At Albany: 1722. Kristalyn Marie Shefveland. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This project examines Anglo-Indian interactions through the conception of Native tributaries to the Virginia colony, with particular emphasis on the colonial and tributary and foreign Native settlements of the Piedmont and southwestern Coastal Plain between 1646 and 1722. The transformation of Virginia from fledgling colony on the outpost of empire to a frontier model of English society did not occur without significant interactions between colonizers and Natives. By most accounts, the second half of the seventeenth century witnessed a transformation in Virginia, setting forth political, economic, racial, and class distinctions that typified Virginia for the next three centuries. Power became consolidated in the hands of a few wealthy landowners who looked to slave labor to run their plantation economy. Social stratification increased and the planters eventually became the political and cultural authorities in the colony. English colonists had great concerns about how to interact with their Native neighbors, concerns that determined English settlement, trade, and diplomacy, and eventually set the stage for Indian relocation, displacement, and removal. Many of the powerful families that emerged to dominate Virginia's history gained their start through Native trade and diplomacy in this transformative period and that will be a central focus of this work"-- Résumé de l'éditeur