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Conflict and Captivity
in the Colonies
by Nicole Marsala
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Background:
The early seventeenth century was punctuated by a series of small wars between
Native Americans and colonists. Many colonists were captured and taken prisoner,
but two women, whose ordeals were published as books, stand out. Mary Rowlandson
wrote an account of her 1675 capture and escape, The Narrative of the Captivity
and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, in which she details her captivity
and treatment by the Native Americans during King Phillip’s War. Hannah
Dustin was captured in 1675, during King William’s War, and fought her
way to freedom. Her story was written by Cotton Mather in Magnalia Christi
Americana. The stories of these two women were read widely both in America
and in England.
Essential Question:
Why did the early colonists such as Mary Rowlandson and Hannah Dustin persist
in settling the colonies despite resistance from and capture by Native Americans?
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