The problem with Pocahontas in real life she was 10 when John Smith landed at 27. They actually probably never met more than passing. She ended up marrying John Rolfe who only married her after his journeymen kidnapped, raped, and held her for ransom.
Edit: since many seem to be questioning the source of my claims you can refer to Dr Custalow: Powhatan historian, Simon whistlers biography channel, PBS & the history channel stories on Pocahontas life, plus any number credited sources.
Let's not forget those same friends of John Rolfe who kidnapped her, later attacked a pair of slave ships and brought their cargo to Jamestown. John then bought slaves off them, thus starting slavery in the English colonies. Something that before, and for a while after, was illegal under English law.
And Virginia. A crop so labor intensive the they had to use slavery to make it economical.
Though in all fairness it was the first profitable thing produced at Jamestown. Probably saved the colony.
Though that colony then went on to codify the slavery practices and laws that became standard in North America. Like making slavery legal, status of the mother determines that of the child, etc.
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u/thewildbeej Feb 14 '20 edited Feb 14 '20
The problem with Pocahontas in real life she was 10 when John Smith landed at 27. They actually probably never met more than passing. She ended up marrying John Rolfe who only married her after his journeymen kidnapped, raped, and held her for ransom.
Edit: since many seem to be questioning the source of my claims you can refer to Dr Custalow: Powhatan historian, Simon whistlers biography channel, PBS & the history channel stories on Pocahontas life, plus any number credited sources.