Books and Enslavement

Smith provides an account of his association with a Native American girl, Pocahontas. Following capture by the native Indian Chief Powhatan (Pocahontas’s father) Smith feared for his life. According to Smith, his release was secured by the intervention of Pocahontas, who in the nick of time ‘hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown'.
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<b>Author:</b> John Smith<br>
<b>Title:</b><i> The Generall Historie of Virginia</i> (London, 1627)<br>
<b>Shelfmark:</b> D.1.32

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Smith provides an account of his association with a Native American girl, Pocahontas. Following capture by the native Indian Chief Powhatan (Pocahontas’s father) Smith feared for his life. According to Smith, his release was secured by the intervention of Pocahontas, who in the nick of time ‘hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown'.

Author: John Smith
Title: The Generall Historie of Virginia (London, 1627)
Shelfmark: D.1.32

D.1.32 Enslavement exhibition