THE FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN
[ [1] ] From Smith's "General History of Virginia." Edward Arbor has contended that, had not John Smith "strove, fought and endured as he did the present United States of America might never have come into existence." Spaniards and French alike had failed in their attempts at colonization and so had the repeated expeditions sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh. Smith carried the Jamestown settlement through its difficulties.—Smith, the "self-denying, energetic, so full of resources, and so trained in dealing with the savage races." Had Jamestown failed the Pilgrim fathers "would not have gone to New England." Smith was not the sole author of the "History of Virginia." Others contributed to the work.
[ [2] ] Richmond.
THE FIRST AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
[ [1] ] This account is taken from the official report of the assembly, of which Twine was clerk. It is printed in the "Colonial Records of Virginia," and in Hart's "American History Told by Contemporaries."
THE ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA—
IN THE WEST INDIES
[ [1] ] Helps was an English writer who is best known for his social essays entitled "Friends in Council." He was the author of several works on America, including "The Spanish Conquest in America."
[ [2] ] Las Casas was a Dominican, born in Spain, who came to the West Indies in 1502 and devoted himself to protecting the Indians against slavery at the hands of their conquerors. In 1544 he was made a Mexican bishop.
THE ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA—
ITS BEGINNINGS IN THE UNITED STATES
[ [1] ] From Doyle's "English Colonies in America." By permission of the publishers, Henry Holt & Co.