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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Guide to the Records of Bermuda
Author: A Guide to the Records of Bermuda
Author: Helen RoweEarly Bermuda Records, 1619-1826
Author: Publisher: Bodley Head Childrens
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Transcribed baptism, marriage, and burial entries from the earliest parish and clergy records in Bermuda. Every record has been transcribed, entered into a computer, and sorted into alphabetical surname order, with entries of the same surname ordered chronologically.
Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century
Author: Julia E. MercerPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806309873
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
These "Genealogical Notes from Bermuda," were published serially in "Tyler's Quarterly" between 1942 and 1947 and have lain largely unnoticed by the genealogical researcher. The collected "Notes" consist of abstracts of the earliest known records of Bermuda settlers, and their value cannot be exaggerated, for many of the early settlers of Bermuda--or their descendants--removed to the mainland and were among the pioneer settlers of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia. The records given here are arranged by family and appear thereunder in chronological sequence. They consist of a progression of abstracts of wills, administrations, deeds, court orders, indentures, arrival records, and so on, pertaining to every member of the family from the original immigrant up to as near the year 1700 as the records allow. Of paramount interest, however, are the compiler's own notes, which in many cases establish family relationships and carry the family backward to England and forward to the mainland. Altogether about 5,000 of the earliest settlers in the New World are identified--for the first time.
Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782
Author: Virginia BernhardPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826260071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Slaves & Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782, offers a fresh perspective on the complex relationship between racism & slavery in the often overlooked second-oldest English colony in the New World. As the first blacks were brought onto the islands not specifically for slave labor, but for their expertise as pearl divers & cultivators of West Indies plants, Bermuda's racial history began to unfold much differently from that of the Caribbean islands or of the North American mainland. Bermuda's history records the arrival of the first blacks, the first English law passed to control the behavior of the "Negroes," & the creation of ninety-nine-year indentures for black & Indian servants. Slavery may have dictated & strained the relationships between whites & blacks, but in this smallest of English colonies it differed from slavery elsewhere because of the uniquely close master-slave relations created by Bermuda's size & maritime economy. At only twenty-one square miles in size, Bermuda saw slaves & slave-holders working & living closer together than in other societies. Additionally, the emphasis on maritime pursuits offered slaves a degree of autonomy & a sense of identity unequaled in other English colonies. This groundbreaking history of Bermuda's slavery reveals fewer runaways, less-violent rebellions, & relatively milder punishments for offending slaves. One anecdote recounts that in 1782, seventy black seamen offered freedom in Boston voluntarily returned to their Bermuda homes. Bernhard delves into the origins of Bermuda's slavery, its peculiar nature, & its effects on blacks & whites. She bases her study on archival research drawn from wills & inventories, laws & court cases, governors' reports & council minutes. Intended as an introduction to both the history of the islands & the rich sources for further study, this book will prove invaluable to scholars of slavery, as well as those interested in historical archaeology, anthropology, maritime history, & colonial history.
The Bermuda Pocket Almanack, Guide and Directory ...
Author: The Visitor's Guide to Bermuda: with a Sketch of Its Natural History
Author: John Matthew JonesPublisher:
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Category : Bermuda Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Author: John James Bushell
Author: J. W. Dalton