william sayle was the leader of the eleutheran adventurers.
william sayle was the leader of the eleutheran adventurers.
who was the leader of the eleutheran adventurers?
william sayle
eleutheran adventurers









































the eleutheran adventurers were a group of english puritans and religious independents who left bermuda to settle on the island of eleuthera in the bahamas in the late 1640s. the small group of puritan settlers, led by a man named william sayle, were expelled from bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to the crown, and left in search of a place in which they could freely practice their faith. this group represented the first concerted european effort to colonize the bahamas.









































section::::background.
eleutheran adventurers
section::::wrecking in the americas.:the bahamas.









































wrecking (or "wracking") was an important activity in the bahamas from its first settlement in 1648. a company of religious dissidents from bermuda, the eleutheran adventurers, established a colony on eleutheria. their governing document, the "articles and orders", included regulations of wrecking, providing that any salvaged ordnance would be held in common for the defense of the colony, and all other salvaged goods would be delivered to designated agents, "made fit for sale" and then sold, with one-third of the proceeds going to the wreckers.
wrecking (shipwreck)