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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Cannibalism at Jamestown

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.223.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2013

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On May 1, 2013, forensic evidence confirmed what survivors had reported: Colonists at Jamestown resorted to cannibalism during the winter of 1609-1610, known as the Starving Time. But the colony of Jamestown was troubled from the start.

Transcript

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Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseStopWorks.com.

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Hello and welcome to the podcasters, I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.

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And as I think everyone knows at this point,

0:50.7

recently news broke that there is confirmed forensic evidence of cannibalism

0:56.7

at Jamestown.

0:57.7

Indeed, lots of people wrote us to make sure we had heard the news.

1:01.7

Everyone.

1:02.7

Not many, many people.

1:04.7

And then many, many people also asked us if we were going to podcast about it.

1:09.7

And the answer is yes.

1:10.7

Yeah, first the answer was I don't think I have anything to say about that.

1:13.7

But then the more people asked, the more I thought maybe I should look into this.

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