• Jamestown: The British and The Powhatan

  • Feb 10 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Jamestown: The British and The Powhatan

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  • From suspicion, to siege, to collaboration, to all out war - in this episode we uncover the complex reality of the Jamestown colonists' relationship with the Indigenous peoples of the East Coast. What were their first impressions of one another? How did the Powhatan view their dynamic with the British settlers? And how crucial were figures like John Smith, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe to this story?


    Don is joined once again by Mark Summers, Educational Director of Youth and Public Programmes for Jamestowne Rediscovery. They explore the shifting alliances, conflicts, and consequences that shaped early colonial America, with the help of discoveries made by archaeologists at Jamestown.


    Produced and edited by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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