William Byrd, William Bradford and William Penn all wrote about their experiences in their colonies. Each of the men faced unique conditions which they discussed in their writings. They describe the problems that the colony encountered, which also shows some signs of bias that each of the men had.
William Byrd was from the back country of North Carolina, also known as the “lubberland.” In North Carolina, farming was very important. “People only made corn for themselves not for their stocks.” They use animals as a source of food. Cattle is used for their milk, but this becomes scarce during the winter seasons. They also raised hogs, much of the swine’s flesh was devoured by the people of North Carolina. This caused diseases such as scurvy. People had symptoms of the pox, “first it seizes the throat, next the palate…its spite to the poor nose…” This calamity was very common in the area. It was due to many eating the swine’s flesh in such a hot country. Byrd talks about a walk in the woods where he ran into a family of mulattoes, they called themselves free, but their freedom seemed doubtful. The government of North Carolina made a policy in order to increase the number of people. North Carolina became “a city of refuge for all debtors and fugitives.” Byrd believes that there is no place in the world where the people live with less labor than those in North Carolina. This is because of the slothfulness of the people. This is where Byrd’s bias starts to show. He talks about how the men, just like the Indians, “impose all the work upon the poor women.” The men do nothing and expect everything to get done. They “generally find reasons to put it[work] off till another time.” The people waste their lives away. In Edenton, North Carolina, they get that Carolina plague of mosquitoes. The Court house is compared to a common tobacco house. There is no church, chapel, mosque, synagogue or any other place of worship in the town. The...