In 1675, war broke out in Rhode Island when Native people fired on a handful of colonists, killing a young English man. Or so goes the story. If you're one of the relatively few people in the US who have …
Women, children, combatants, noncombatants, Christian and non-Christian - anyone who was Indigenous during King Philip’s War could be captured and sold into slavery to places as distant as Tangier or the Caribbean. Historian Lin Fisher reveals this little known history …
Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People Read More »
For centuries, mainstream understanding of King Philip’s War was based on accounts such as Mary Rowlandson’s story of her captivity and ransom. But then William Apess, Pequot minister, author and activist, came along. His Eulogy on King Philip, published in …
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Why don’t we know about King Philip’s War? The answer, says the Congregational Library’s Tricia Peone, is found in the archives. Historians from John Eliot and Increase Mather wrote their accounts of what happened - and this point of view …
For centuries, mainstream understanding of King Philip’s War was based on accounts such as Mary Rowlandson’s story of her captivity and ransom. But then William Apess, Pequot minister, author and activist, came along. His Eulogy on King Philip, published in …
Book Club: Whose Story? Two Views of King Philip’s War Read More »
Step back into the 17th century and experience the sights, smells, and flavors of early New England at Historic Beverly’s First Friday program at the Balch House. Join us for a live hearth cooking demonstration in the c. 1680 kitchen …
The monument to Captain William Turner proclaims a great colonial victory, 350 years ago on May 19, 1676: this panel discussion tells you the truth, based on a 13-year, National Park Service-funded investigation. David Brule, president of the Nolumbeka Project, …
What Really Happened at Turners Falls? The Story of a Massacre Read More »
Join us for our first-ever 17th-century living history event at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead! Step back in time and experience the sights, sounds, and stories of 17th-century New England, with living history reenactors dressed in period-accurate clothing styles from across …
In this day of remembrance for the Great Falls massacre, Nolumbeka invites you to honor this day with speakers, music, dancers and art. The Nolumbeka Project invites you to attend a Day of Remembrance for the 300 women, children and …
Remembering and Reconnecting: 350 Years after the Great Falls Massacre Read More »
Join us for our first-ever 17th-century living history event at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead! Step back in time and experience the sights, sounds, and stories of 17th-century New England, with living history reenactors dressed in period-accurate clothing styles from across …
Forced displacement, enslavement, land seizures and dispossession, a global diaspora and suppression of languages - the war that bore the name of Metacom, or Philip, left a long and devastating trail of destruction. Join this important panel discussion, live at …
The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance Read More »
“You can tell a lot about a community by the way they treat their dead.” On the morning of June 10th, 1692, one woman met the hangman’s noose. It was the point of no return in the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria. …