the unredeemed captive

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The Unredeemed Captive The Unredeemed Captive is a fascinating chronicle of life in Puritan New England. It is journey of the abduction and adoption of American settlers by Iroquois people. It begins in the year of 1704. The Mohawk Indians are allied with the French settlers in Canada and attack a small village in Massachusetts, called Deerfield. Reverend John Williams, a minister from Deerfield was a special target for captivity because Boston authorities held Jean-Baptiste Gayen …

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…If she was to return home she would have had to relearn her native language, her religion and even family from the beginning. I found The Unredeemed Captive to be a fascinating book on both the literary and the historical level. John Demos takes you into the lives of people who experienced truthful events and bring you on a journey that helps you understand what it was like for these families during the 18th century.