Background Info. On Mary Rowlandson

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Background Info. On Mary Rowlandson
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Mary Rowlandson

• Puritan housewife and mother
• February 1675, she along with her children were
  kidnapped by a group of Native Americans
• One of her children was seriously injured and
  later perished

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Mary Rowlandson

• She was the wife of Reverend Joseph Rowlandson
• Carried a bible with her throughout her ordeal
• One of the first writings published by a woman
• Created the new genre of the captivity narrative

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King Philips War

• In 1662, Plymouth attacked Wampanoag leader
  Wamsutta for land. He died and this angered the
  Wampanoag.
• Wamsutta's brother Metacom (also called Philip)
  succeeded him.
• In 1675, hostilities broke out in the town of
  Swansea, and the war spread as far north as New
  Hampshire, and as far southwest as Connecticut.

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King Philips War

• The outcome of King Philips War was devastating
  to the traditional way of life for Native People
  in New England. Hundreds of Natives who fought
  with Philip were sold into slavery abroad.
• http//www.pilgrimhall.org/phi
  lipwar.htm

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