One of the lesser-known aspects of the War for New England (King Philip’s War) was the intentional campaign to enslave Native peoples. The war unleashed multiple attempts to capture and force into servitude Indigenous men, women, and children alike. This included Native men who armed themselves to defend their homelands, but it also included non-combatants, […]
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Whose story predominates? Ever since its publication in 1682 as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative - with its harrowing account of capture, flight and detention as well as the death of her child - has shaped the mainstream understanding of King Philip's War. In this view, cruel and savage Native people […] |
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Why don't we know about King Philip's War? Because, says Tricia Peone, historians from Increase Mather to Edward Everett wrote the histories Why don’t most of us know much, if anything, about King Phillip’s War? Tricia Peone, project director of the Congregational Library's New England's Hidden Histories project, looks at legacy and memory in the […] |
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Join the Cumberland Public Library for a special presentation on the history of King Philip's War with Marilyn Harris, a researcher and docent at Smith's Castle in North Kingstown. |
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