Title: Captivity and Restoration
First published: January 2001
Description: In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was attacked by a party of Nipmuck Indians and completely destroyed. As relief from Concord approached, the attackers withdrew, taking with them 24 captives, including Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and her three children.

For almost three months the little family was forced to live with their captors and endure exposure to a New England winter.The youngest child, who had been injured during the attack, failed to survive. Eventually ransom was paid and the family released.

Mrs. Rowlandson's account of her experience was published in 1682. It became a"best-seller" of its day and created a new literary genre, the captivity narrative. Such accounts were in part responsible for the mistrust and hatred of the Indians that plagued the country for centuries. It is also the first publication in English by a woman in the New World.
Subjects: Massachusetts, biography, Lancaster (mass.), Massachusetts, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, King philip's war, 1675-1676, Indian captivities, Criticism and interpretation, History, Narragansett Indians, Fast-day sermons, Sermons, Personal narratives, Captivities, Indians of North America, Early works to 1800, Captifs, Histoire, Récits personnels, Indiens, indians, hath, lord, indian, squaw, enemy, told, god, master, public domain, mine eyes, lord hath, wonderful power, google book, english army, king james, book search, poor wounded, lord brought, Captivity, Nonfiction, Biography, Captivity, 1676, Colonial period, Indians of north america, biography, Congregational churches, American Sermons
Places: Lancaster (Mass.), Massachusetts, United States, Amérique du Nord
People: Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-ca. 1678), Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-1711), Mary White Rowlandson (approximately 1635-1711)
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Colonial period. ca. 1600-1775, Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775, 17th century
LC classification: Microfilm 41344 (E), DA300 .S69 vol. 8, E87 .R868, E87.R895 R69 1997, E85 .G2 vol. 1, E87 .G2 vol. 1