HIST 2Q93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Jemison, New England Colonies, Martha Ballard
14 Apr 2014
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Hist 2q93 lecture 3: establishing roots: women in new france, acadia, and the new. [book] mary jemison, a narrative of (1764), page number. [journal] m. lavater, characteristic differences, the nova scotia magazine (march 1793): page number. Read instruction sheet handed out in lecture and posts online! Primarily french men that came to quebec to engage in the fur trade. The aboriginal women were outnumbered by french men. Civil and religious forces wanted traders to form more respectable unions- with white women from france. Early 17th c we see more white women arriving from france. Many were single girls hoping to find husbands in the new colony. Some single girls were called en gage indentured servants white servants who lacked the means would come to the new world themselves and were funded to go and eventually pay off their debts. Many girls wanted to become nuns and devote their time to god.
