Who were the colonists? What were they running to – and from? How does a study of their lives and histories help us understand The Revolution?
Spencer Crew (George Mason University) considered these questions in this talk, delivered August 3, 2010, at Educational Service District 112 in Vancouver, Washington.
Audio file: Spencer Crew – Who were the colonists?
Documentary support:
- Robert Daniell
- “Our Plantation Is Very Weak”: The Experiences of an Indentured Servant in Virginia, 1623
- “Work and labor in this new and wild land are very hard”: A German Migrant in Philadelphia, 1750
