"For Here Forlorn and Lost I Tread": The Gender Differences Between Captivity Narratives of Men and Women 1528 to 1886

 
 
 
 

"For Here Forlorn and Lost I Tread": The Gender Differences Between Captivity Narratives of Men and Women 1528 to 1886

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dc.contributor.advisor Pallante, Martha en_US
dc.contributor.author Cole, Kathleen Shofner en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-06-30T15:37:05Z
dc.date.available 2008-06-30T15:37:05Z
dc.date.created 2000 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-06-30T15:37:05Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1004468540 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/3024
dc.description Taking captives was an old and established custom in the Americas long before Columbus arrived in 1492. Nevertheless, the coming of Europeans ushered in a new era in the taking of captives, since the Native Americans could use the colonists as slaves, for ransom, and for adoption, to replace their dead. The prospect of captivity placed an additional burden of fear on an already difficult life for the European colonists. Indians captured both men and women. However, because of the different roles men and women played in their society, the circumstances of their capture and captivity differed, based on their gender. Women, normally confined to the home and care of the children, were usually captured with their children, and fear for them placed an additional burden on the mothers. Men, nearly always kidnapped while hunting, farming, or soldiering, typically only had themselves to worry about. Men and women also dealt with the actual captivity and its aftermath differently. Men, without their families involved, found it easier to escape from the Indians. Women, however rarely escaped unless or until their children were all dead. After their release, men publicly profited from their experiences, while women did not. en_US
dc.format application/pdf en_US
dc.format vii, 125p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject captivity en_US
dc.title "For Here Forlorn and Lost I Tread": The Gender Differences Between Captivity Narratives of Men and Women 1528 to 1886 en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name MA en_US
dc.degree.level masters en_US
dc.degree.discipline History en_US
dc.degree.grantor Youngstown State University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Youngstown State University / OhioLINK en_US

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