Drake is considered a war hero and explorer in England. What he did was to
fight against a Spanish force that at the time was oppressing, stealing the
gold, silver, and other resources, of the indigenous natives, Aztecs and
Incas. So who is the more guilty party. Drake circumnavigated the planet
while the Spanish were busy trying to pillage the resources. Drake was
knighted for this exploit and also for his efforts, his uncle's Sir John
Hawkins and the rest of the English Admirality in 1588. Beating the Spanish
and saving the world from the Inqusition of Torqueamda and the Spanish
Catholic Church shold also receive a little mention.
John Philip Adams
Texas
On Nov 2, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Sharon Peery wrote:
> This strikes me as anachronistic. Sir Francis Drake was
> a pirate too, you know. One of the ways early govern-
> ments dealt with insufficient funds to create an adequate
> navy was to issue letters of marque and to set the whole
> thing up as a free enterprise. ( With all of the private
> contractors presently operating in Iraq, we seem to be returning to
> that era.)
>
> As for Nat Turner, Gabriel etc., just how were slaves
> who objected to slavery supposed to respond? There
> were certainly no legal routes for them to pursue, and
> they sometimes responded with what seems to us
> "mindless violence," in the great tradition of the European peasant
> uprisings. I too am a fan of Douglas
> Egerton's book on Gabriel's rebellion, and it should be
> noted that Mr. Egerton contends that Gabriel was very
> much influenced by the rhetoric of the Jeffersonian
> party around the 1800 elections.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]
> >
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Nat Turner Rebellion
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