Providence Island, 1630-1641: The Other Puritan Colony
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Providence Island was founded in 1630 at the same time as Massachusetts Bay by English puritans who thought an island off the coast of Nicaragua was far more promising than the cold, rocky shores of New England. Although they expected theirs to become a model godly society, the settlement never succeeded in building the kind of united and orderly community that the New Englanders created. In fact, they began large-scale use of slaves, and plunged...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521558352
ISBN13:9780521558358
Release Date:June 1995
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:412 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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