Did English Puritans Commit Genocide in New England?
Did English Puritans Commit Genocide in New England? A nineteenth-century engraving depicting the burning of a Pequot Nation Fort, believed to be the Mystic massacre in 1637 WASHINGTON – Sometime before dawn on May 27, 1637, English militia from Massachusetts and Connecticut, backed by several hundred Narragansett and Mohegan allies, launched a surprise attack on the fortified Pequot village of Mystic, one of about 20 Pequot tribal villages in southeastern Connecticut. By now, Plymouth Colony, established by the Pilgrims in 1620, was a self-sufficient settlement. After a rocky first winter...
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