Writing Assignment #1
• Keene et. al., Chapters 1-3
• Olaudah Equiano, “Olaudah Equiano Recalls the Middle Passage,” The Interesting Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789.
• Bridget Bishop Case File:
o Physical Examination of Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, Alice Parker, Susannah Martin, and Sarah Good, No. 1, 2 June 1692.
o Testimony of John Cook v. Bridget Bishop, 2 June 1692.
o Examination of Bridget Bishop, Second Version, 1692.
Question: How did English settlers in North America treat undesirable people? Think especially how settlers treated Indians, Africans, and “witches”.
