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John Smith
(1580-1631)
Who Was John Smith?
English soldier John Smith eventually made his way to America to help govern the British colony of Jamestown.
After allegedly being saved from death by Pocahontas, he established trading agreements with native tribes. With his governing tactics called into question, he returned to England in 1609 and became a staunch advocate of colonization via his published works.
Early Life
John Smith is believed to have been born in 1579 or 1580 in Lincolnshire, England.
After a merchant’s apprenticeship, Smith decided on a life of combat and served with the English Army abroad.
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Working as a soldier for hire (and professing to be highly successful in his military ventures), Smith eventually embarked on a campaign against the Turks in Hungary. There he was captured and enslaved. He was sent to what is now Istanbul and served a kindhearted mistress who, not wanting Smith to be her enslaved person, sent him to her brother’s home, where he was forc