The adventurers of Bermuda: A history of the Island from its discovery until the dissolution of the Somers Island Company in 1684
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Prefacb
page vii
Preface
то
second edition page
ix
I. INTRODUCTION
The discovery of America. Spaniards in America. The introduction of slaves from
Africa. Elizabethan finance and commerce. The formation of joint-stock com¬
panies from the guilds. Depressing conditions in England at the accession of
King James. Monopolies and Sir Edwin Sandys s declaration for free trade.
page
ι
II
Bermudez (151s), Menendez
(1563),
and Ramirez
(1603)
and other Spaniards at
Bermuda. Descriptions of the island. Subsequently two Bermudians describe
the plate fleet. page
18
III
The beginning of English colonization. Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia. Thomas
Smith and the East India Company. Thomas Smith and Virginia. Henry May
at Bermuda,
1593.
Expeditions to Virginia,
1606,1607,
ібо8, ібоо.
The flagship
of the last expedition wrecked at Bermuda.
Hora
and fauna of the island.
Pinnaces are built and the voyage to Virginia is completed. Sir G. Somers re¬
turns to Bermuda. page
27
IV
Colonization of the island under the direction of a few members of the Virginia
Company. Detailed Spanish plans to remove the English colonists under
Governor Moore. Years of hardship, with some hilarity under the so-called six
governors. Norwood s survey. page
53
V
Formation of the Somers Island Company with a charter from the Crown. Sir
Thomas Smith of the East India and Virginia Companies becomes the governor
of the Company. The Adventurers and the colonists they chose. The colony,
then established, has endured. The need of a vigorous governor in Bermuda.
page
77
VI
Daniel Tucker s too vigorous administration and various reactions against it.
The colony s hope is in tobacco. page
102
VII
The Governor of Virginia likewise arouses indignation. Discord created in both
the Virginia and Somers Island Companies from several causes. Sir Edwin
Sandys displaces Sir T. Smith in the Virginia but not in the Somers Island
Company. Virginia s Assembly. page
117
Xli CONTENTS
VIII
N. Butler,
the appointee of Sandys and the Riches, Governor of Bermuda. Ber¬
muda s Assembly. Butler s dislike of Sandys. page
134
IX
The King s hatred of Sandys. The Earl of Southampton becomes head of Virginia
Company and of Somers Island Company also. Southampton-Sandys domi¬
nance lacks financial solidarity, but has the support of the Commons. Spanish
intrigues. Disaster in Virginia. Butler investigates there. page
146
X
Sir E. Sandys tries to manage an elaborate tobacco monopoly for Virginia and
Bermuda. It engenders hatred within the Companies, unites his enemies, the
adherents of Smith and the Riches, and stirs political animosities. Dissolution
of the Virginia Company. The Somers Island Company is allowed to continue
under Sir T. Smith. The Company s importance in these years of chaos. Death
of Sir T. Smith. His achievements. Death of King James. page
163
XI
The administration of Bermuda under Governors Bernard, Harrison, Woodhouse,
and Bell,
1622-9,
reflects the disorders of the Company in London, page
189
XII
Difficulties of the tobacco trade in England and in the colonies. King Charles s
troubles with Parliament. Formation of Massachusetts Bay Company, and the
Providence Island Company. page
203
XIII
Bermuda s diminishing productivity in spite of efforts of Governor Roger Wood.
Bell and some colonists go to Providence Island.
N.
Butler at Providence. That
island captured by the Spaniards. Bermudians go to Barbados, St. Lucia, and
Trinidad. The political significance of the Providence Island Company in unit¬
ing the Puritan leaders under Pym. Death of Sir
N.
Rich and his bequests for a
free school in Bermuda. Norwood the schoolmaster. page
218
XIV
The Civil War in England. The downfall of Archbishop Laud produces a great
reaction. In Bermuda the Independent Puritan clergy take charge and have the
support of the Council under Sayle and
Forster.
But Turner, though a parlia¬
mentarian, is against them. The execution of King Charles produces a counter¬
action. The militia officers take the initiative, declare for the King and against
the Independents. The army is in power only a short time but turns out Turner
and banishes the Independents under Sayle s leadership to the Bahamas. The
Council of State
reappoints
Forster
as governor. Most of the exiles return.
page
246
XV
The Commonwealth places an embargo on Virginia, Barbados, Antigua, and
Bermuda. The beginning of the Navigation Acts.
Reconstitution
of the Somers
CONTENTS
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Island Company.
Death of the Earl of Warwick. Capture of Jamaica and emi¬
gration thither. Trade with Barbados and the resulting conditions. Puritan
customs of Bermuda. page
281
XVI
News of the Restoration. The new spirit in colonial policy. Some of the colonies
levy an export tax for the Crown. But Bermuda continues on the old method.
Bermudians take to the sea. Stowe, Peniston, the Wentworths, and Philip Lea
live thereby with varying fortunes. The Dutch war and New York. The coloni¬
zation of Carolina, the Bahamas, and Turks Island. The increasing independence
of the colonists arouses the resentment of Lord Shaftesbury and others.
page
309
XVII
Governors Whalley, Heydon, and Seymour. Troubles with slaves and servants.
Religious disagreements and the Quakers. R. Norwood and the educational
difficulties. page
350
XVIII
Perient
Trott
and others challenge the Somers Island Company on the right to
trade with Bermuda. The Company s charter is annulled on the second trial,
at the same time that other colonies lose their charters for infringement of the
Navigation Acts, and many English boroughs are disenfranchised for political
purposes. page
374
Appendix I. The literary and scientific associations of the Adventurers, page
385
Appendix II. Somers Island Company. Governors of Bermuda. Counsellors.
page
398
Bibliography page
405
Index page
409
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