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Misconception (created by): Lack of complexity in accounts of 17th century “Indian raids” in the region which valorized colonists and did not give attention to violent context of era on many sides

(example= Hannah Duston)

Podcast/ Articles for context:

  • New Hampshire Public Radio Discussion of Hannah Duston July 2020

  • Hannah Duston article The Guardian August 2020

  • Hannah Duston article Eagle Tribune November 2020

  • Hannah Duston article Smithsonian April 2018

April 2021 public radio story about the controversies/history around Hannah Dustin statues

Hero Or Killer? Statues Of A Colonial Woman Face A ReckoningHannah Duston was a 17th-century English colonist who is believed to have killed 10 Abenaki, 6 of them children, in order to escape captivity during King William’s War.

Images of Hannah Duston in 1874 history by Robert Caverly

Heroism of Hannah Duston, together with the Indian Wars of New England, by Robert B. Caverly.

Caverly, Robert Boodey, 1806-1887. Heroism of Hannah Duston: Together With the Indian Wars of New England. Boston: Russell, 1874.

Images of Native American wars and captivity 1873

Frost's pictorial history of Indian wars and captivities, from the earliest record of American history to the present time. By John Frost, L.L. D. With nearly ...

Frost, John, 1800-1859. Frost's Pictorial History of Indian Wars And Captivities: From the Earliest Record of American History to the Present Time. New York: Wells publishing company, 1873-1872.

Duston family, Abenaki people, woodcut image

Thomas and Hannah Duston, Duston family, Abenaki people, woodcuts.jpg

Duston family, Abenaki people, woodcut image from unidentified publication or publications. Haverhill Public Library, Photo from the Haverhill Gazette, circa late 1970s-1980.

Hannah Duston, Abenaki people woodcut image

Hannah Duston woodcut.jpg

Hannah Duston, Abenaki people woodcut image from unidentified publication or publications. Haverhill Public Library, Photo from the Haverhill Gazette, circa late 1970s-1980.

Images of Hannah Duston slideshow created by Brian Sheehy

Imagery Around Hannah Duston

Slideshow with cited images of Hannah Duston story to deconstruct

MA Bay proclamation encouraging collection of scalps, 1696

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By the honorable, the Lieutenant council & assembly: convened at Boston, upon Wednesday the 27th of May 1696, in the eighth year of His Majesties reign. for better encouragement to prosecute the French and IndiPositive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 29.

Massachusetts. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By the honorable, the Lieutenant council & assembly: convened at Boston, upon Wednesday the 27th of May , in the eighth year of His Majesties reign. for better encouragement to prosecute the French and Indian enemy. Boston, 1696. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress

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