Anthony S Parent: 2 books

Book cover of Foul Means

Foul Means

The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740

by Anthony S. Parent
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Challenging the generally accepted belief that the introduction of racial slavery to America was an unplanned consequence of a scarce labor market, Anthony Parent, Jr., contends that during a brief period spanning the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries a small but powerful planter class,...
Book cover of Old Dominion, New Commonwealth

Old Dominion, New Commonwealth

A History of Virginia, 1607–2007

by Ronald L. Heinemann, John G. Kolp, Anthony S. Parent Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008

"On the morning of 26 April 1607, three small ships carrying 143 Englishmen arrived off the Virginia coast of North America, having spent four months at sea.... All hoped for financial success and perhaps a little adventure; as it turned out, their tiny settlement eventually would evolve from...
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