Jan Bogdan
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Jan Bogdan (Slovene: Ján Bogdan; yann bog'dun) was a Slovak artisan who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on September 28, 1608[1] on the sailing ship "Godspeed",[1] in response to a plea by Captain John Smith to his London agents for craftsmen to help build the first English colony in the Americas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] (Note: According to some accounts, the craftsmen arrived in Jamestown on October 1, 1608 on the "British ship 'Mary and Margaret' [1][2] [or 'Mary Margarett' ][11][12] under the command of Captain Christopher Newport",[7][13] who is also noted as the captain of the sailing ship "Godspeed".)
Bogdan, originally from Kolomyja,[1][11][12][14] has been described as a "shipwright"[8] and a "pitch, tar and ship building expert".[5][7][15][16] Captain John Smith had personally met Bogdan earlier in 1603 in Poland.[1]
While in Jamestown, Jan Bogdan helped save the life of Captain John Smith[1] "during a surprise attack from the local Indians"[6][7][17] (also noted in "Smith's own journals").[2][14] Later, on June 30, 1619, Bogdan and others conducted the first labor strike[2] (first "in American history"[7]) for democratic rights ("No Vote, No Work")[7][14] in Jamestown.[14][18] When the British Crown overturned the legislation by the Virginia House of Burgesses[19] and granted the workers equal voting rights on July 21, 1619,[20] the labor strike was ended and work was resumed.[2][12][18][21][22]
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| “ | Slovak ingenuity and craftsmanship were highly valued by the redoubtable Capt. John Smith, when on Sept. 25, 1608, the sailing ship "God Speed" sailed into Jamestown harbor with six skilled craftsmen aboard, two of whom, Jurai Mata and Jan Bogdan, were Slovaks. These men with four Poles, Lowicki, Stefanski, Zremica and Sadowski, came in answer to an urgent plea by Capt. John Smith to his London agents, to send "30 carpenters rather than a thousand of the kind we have here." It was largely due to the skilled efforts of these craftsmen that the Jamestown colony was able to secure a foothold on the American continent... | ” |
| — Congressman Daniel J. Flood (D, PA), July 4, 1956, Congressional Record[3] | ||
| “ | On September 25, 1608, a small ship sailed up the James River bearing six skilled artisans. Axes in hand, they followed Smith into the woods and set about making a clearing. Within 3 weeks they had a roaring fire going under a glass furnace, the first factory in the English colonies in America. They tapped the pine trees and distilled tar and pitch. They set up a soap works and erected a saw mill. Goaded by their example, the entire settlement was soon hard at work. And so it was, that the colony [was] saved by Michal Lowlcki, Zbigniew Stefanski, Jut Mata. Jan Bogdan, Karol Zrenica, and Stanislaw Sadowskl — Polish-Americans all, who landed in America some 12 years before the "May flower". | ” |
| — Congressman James J. Delaney (D, NY), October 8, 1975, Congressional Record[1][4] | ||
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Barbour, Philip L. (January 1964). "The Identity of the First Poles in America". The William and Mary Quarterly. 21 (1): 77–92. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pula, James S. (2008). "Fact vs. Fiction: What Do We Really Know About The Polish Presence In Early Jamestown?". The Polish Review. 53 (4): 477–493. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Congressional Record (July 5, 1956). "Congressional Record - 1956". Congressional Record. pp. 11905–11906. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Congressional Record (1975). "Congressional Record 1975". Congressional Record. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Congressional Record (1976). "Congressional Record 1976". Congressional Record. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (September 28, 1958). "Jamestown Pioneers From Poland". White House. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Holshouser, Joshua D.; Brylinsk-Padnbey, Lucyna; Kielbasa, Katarzyna (July 2007). "Jamestown: The Birth of American Polonia 1608-2008 (The Role and Accomplishments of Polish Pioneers in the Jamestown Colony)". Polish American Congress. Retrieved October 3, 2014. line feed character in
|title=at position 81 (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Henderson, George; Olasij, Thompson Dele (January 10, 1995). Migrants, Immigrants, and Slaves: Racial and Ethnic Groups in America. University Press of America. p. 116. ISBN 978-0819197382. Retrieved October 1, 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ Robertson, Patrick (November 8, 2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1596915794. Retrieved October 2, 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ Uminski, Sigmund H. (1974). The Polish pioneers in Virginia. Polish Publication Society of America. p. 8. ASIN B0006CA8QI. Retrieved October 1, 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Biega, Bill (2007). "Polish immigrants contribute to America". Syrena Press. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Smith, John (1624). "VII". [[The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles|The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles, together with The true travels, adventures and observations]]. 1. American Memory. pp. 150–184. Retrieved October 3, 2014. URL–wikilink conflict (help) Search this book on
- ↑ Staff (October 30, 2014). "Glassmaking at Jamestown". National Park Service. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Odrowaz-Sypniewska, Margaret (Jun 29, 2007). "Poles and Powhatans in Jamestown, Virginia (1606-1617)". Bibliography Sources. Retrieved October 3, 2014. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Various (April 26, 2011). "Jamestown, Virginia". Conservapedia. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ Waldo, Artur L. (1957). First Poles in America, 1608-1958: In Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary of Their Landing at Jamestown, Virginia, October 1, 1608. Polish Falcons of America. p. 5. ASIN B0007EPAJU. Retrieved October 3, 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ Ogredowski, Melvin R. (1975). The First hundred years, 1875-1975. Toldeo, Ohio: St. Hedwig Parish. p. 60. ASIN B007RQ3E76. Retrieved October 1, 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Badaczewski, Dennis (February 28, 2002). Poles in Michigan. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0870136184. Search this book on
- ↑ Staff (2014). "The House of Burgesses". Ushistory.org. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ↑ Obst, Peter J. (July 20, 2012). "Dedication of Historical Marker to Honor Jamestown Poles of 1608 - The First Poles in Jamestown". Poles.org. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
- ↑ Staff. "Spuscizna - History of Poles in the USA". The Spuscizna Group. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ↑ Seroczynski, Felix Thomas (1911). Poles in the United States. XII. Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 3, 2014. Search this book on
Related reading[edit]
- Grizzard, Frank E., "Jamestown Colony: A Political, Social, and Cultural History," Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
- Harrington, J. C., "Glassmaking at Jamestown," Richmond: Dietz Press, 1952.
- Harrington, J. C., "A Tryal of Glasse - the Story of Glassmaking at Jamestown," Richmond: Dietz Press, 1990.
- Polish American Congress, "Jamestown Pioneers from Poland, 1608-1958," Washington, D.C.: Polish American Congress, Incorporated, 1958.
- Seroczynski, Felix Thomas, "Poles in the United States," El Cajon: Catholic Answers, 1912.
- Smith, Captain John, "Adventures and Discourses," Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.
External links[edit]
- Craftsmen 1608 Historical Marker (Route 31, Jamestown, Virginia)
- Following in Godspeeds Wake
- Generall Historie of Virginia by Captaine John Smith
- Jamestown 1607
- Historic Jamestowne
- Library of Congress: Evolution of the Virginia Colony, 1610-1630
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