Jamestown Quotes
They Said It
| "A more damned crew hell never vomited." - Virginia Company treasurer George Sandys on the quality of the settlers at Jamestown in 162319 |
| "For feature, countenance, and proportion, (Pocahontas) much exceedeth any of the rest of his people, but for wit and spirit, the only nonpareil of his country." - John Smith describing Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas20 |
| "Here! Shoot me, foregod, fair mark shoot!" - Virginia Governor William Berkeley as he confronted Nathaniel Bacon and his band of 500 rebels, June 22nd, 167622 |
| "Deeply stained with dirt; soiled dirty, foul. [...] Having dark or deadly purposes, malignant; pertaining to or involving death, deadly; baneful, disastrous, sinister. [...] Foul, iniquitous, atrocious, wicked." - The meaning of "Black" in the 16th century, according to the Oxford English Dictionary23 |
| "My Master Atkins hath sold me for £150 sterling like a damned slave." - White indentured servant Thomas Best on Virginia's unusual labor practices, 162321 |