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10 - The Mystic Massacre & Pequot 'War'
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Hi everyone! Apologies for being a couple days late but it'll have been worth it as I think this came together nicely: to accompany Hope Leslie, a brief overview of the Pequot 'War' that is featured in the novel, New England's first genocide. Recommended reading:

God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians Against the Puritans of New England by James A Warren (2018)

American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor (2001)

Academic works cited: Katherine A. Grandjean. "New World Tempests: Environment, Scarcity, and the Coming of the Pequot War." The William and Mary Quarterly 68, no. 1 (2011): 75-100.

Andrew C. Lipman. "Murder on the Saltwater Frontier: The Death of John Oldham." Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 9, no. 2 (2011): 268-294

YouTube videos cited:

Annowon Weeden discusses wampum with the Boston Children’s Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZRsT7rGMs&t=2s

Mystic Voices - The Pequot War

https://youtu.be/oPjGprOVtsQ

Part 2

https://youtu.be/UeWqRq9NrRc

Massacre at Mystic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWthdTU7CY&t=2117s

Steven Crowder's dumb ass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxYVbC283uM