Jamestown | The Great Reforms | 4
American History Tellers
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In April 1613, years of bloody warfare culminated in the kidnapping of the paramount chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas. The English colonists in Jamestown offered to return her in exchange for stolen weapons, English prisoners, and corn, but their proposal was met with silence.
In the meantime, Pocahontas befriended English colonist John Rolfe. Rolfe poured his energy into cultivating a tobacco crop suitable for export, starting a tobacco revolution that would change Virginia forever.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and |
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| 0:09.7 | We're excited to announce that American History Tellers Legacy Season, The Space Race, |
| 0:14.8 | is now available in full video on the American History Tellers YouTube channel. |
| 0:19.2 | Relived the fierce competition between the superpowers and witness history as it unfolds in a whole new way. |
| 0:25.0 | Subscribe to the American History Tellers channel on YouTube and let us know what you think. Imagine this July 1613 in Oropacks, a small outpost deep in the forest where your father, |
| 0:48.0 | Powton, has recently moved his court. |
| 0:50.5 | The afternoon's son beats down on your back as you pace outside his long house, waiting for him to finish meeting with his counsel. |
| 0:56.8 | Your thoughts are consumed by your fears for your younger sister, Pocahontas. |
| 1:03.2 | At last, the men file out and you duck your head to pass through the low doorway. |
| 1:07.9 | As your eyes adjust to the dim interior, you find your father sitting on a woven reed mat. He's now in his 70s, but his formidable |
| 1:16.0 | presence still fills you with awe. |
| 1:17.8 | Father. |
| 1:19.8 | You also sit down on a man crossing your legs. |
| 1:23.0 | His sharp gaze meets yours, and he gestures for you to speak. |
| 1:27.0 | Three months have passed since the English obstructed Pocahontas, |
| 1:30.0 | and still you refuse to respond to their demands. |
| 1:34.0 | Isn't it time you bring her home? |
| 1:37.0 | For a brief moment, a flicker of sadness crosses his face, |
| 1:40.0 | but his expression quickly hardens. |
| 1:42.0 | I have no intention of giving up our English. face, but his expression quickly hardens. |
| 1:43.0 | I have no intention of giving up our English prisoners, |
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