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Jamestown was founded by men but it was women who civilized the men. The women were brought to America by the Virginia company...
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In 1619, 90 young single women from England went to Jamestown to become wives of the men there, with the women being auctioned off for 150 pounds of tobacco each (to be paid to the shipping company), as that was the cost of each woman's travel to America.[1] All 90 of them did indeed become wive
Here are more details of the event...
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1708/jamestown-brides/
Even so, the ratio of male-to-female in the colony remained approximately 7-1. Men were leaving the colony to marry Native American brides or were returning to England to marry and many more, of course, were dying in the war, from malnutrition, or from disease. In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale arrived and instituted his famously strict laws which prohibited marriage to natives, but this does not seem to have stopped the constant turnover of the male population.
Sandys had leaflets posted across England and printed in papers advertising the new program. The advertisements emphasized the good life awaiting women in Virginia and the guarantee of marriage to a man of means. The Records of the Virginia Company make clear that women were free to choose their own mates and would not be compelled to marry anyone they found disagreeable.
Of the more than 150 women who participated in the Jamestown Brides program only a little more than 30 lived to see their sixth year in the colony
Records of the time show that women could refuse to recite the standard vows of marriage, could make and break business contracts and marriage arrangements, and widows could own and manage their husband’s estates. The Jamestown brides who survived their early years in the colony became the respectable women of the Virginia Colony and, in a number of cases, were able to realize the dream of owning their own home and directing their own lives.
Tobacco brides - Wikipedia
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In 1619, 90 young single women from England went to Jamestown to become wives of the men there, with the women being auctioned off for 150 pounds of tobacco each (to be paid to the shipping company), as that was the cost of each woman's travel to America.[1] All 90 of them did indeed become wive
Here are more details of the event...
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1708/jamestown-brides/
Even so, the ratio of male-to-female in the colony remained approximately 7-1. Men were leaving the colony to marry Native American brides or were returning to England to marry and many more, of course, were dying in the war, from malnutrition, or from disease. In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale arrived and instituted his famously strict laws which prohibited marriage to natives, but this does not seem to have stopped the constant turnover of the male population.
Sandys had leaflets posted across England and printed in papers advertising the new program. The advertisements emphasized the good life awaiting women in Virginia and the guarantee of marriage to a man of means. The Records of the Virginia Company make clear that women were free to choose their own mates and would not be compelled to marry anyone they found disagreeable.
Of the more than 150 women who participated in the Jamestown Brides program only a little more than 30 lived to see their sixth year in the colony
Records of the time show that women could refuse to recite the standard vows of marriage, could make and break business contracts and marriage arrangements, and widows could own and manage their husband’s estates. The Jamestown brides who survived their early years in the colony became the respectable women of the Virginia Colony and, in a number of cases, were able to realize the dream of owning their own home and directing their own lives.
