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A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (also known as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God) is a 1682 memoir written by Mary (White) Rowlandson, a married English colonist and mother who was captured in 1675 in an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War. She was held by them for ransom for 11 weeks and 5 ...
Mary Rowlandson, née White, later Mary Talcott (c. 1637 – January 5, 1711), was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans [1] [2] in 1676 during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed.
Mary Rowlandson's memoir, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, (1682) is a classic example of the genre. According to Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse, Rowlandson's captivity narrative was "one of the most popular captivity narratives on both sides of the Atlantic."
Rowlandson would go on to write a famous narrative of her experience as a captive, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson which became a bestseller throughout the English speaking world. It is considered to be a seminal work in the American literary genre of captivity ...
Redemption Rock is a colonial-era historic site in Princeton, Massachusetts.In 1676, during King Philip's War, the release of Mary Rowlandson (the wife of a Puritan minister) from her Native American captors was negotiated atop a granite ledge. [1]
Mary Rowlandson (c. 1636–1711) Aphra Behn (1640–1689) Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710) Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720) Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727) Mary Astell (1666–1731) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) Eliza Haywood (c. 1693 – 1756) Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irwin (c. 1696 ...
In 1676 Quanopen and Weetamoo held Mary Rowlandson captive for a period before she was redeemed. [ 2 ] In June 1675 Quinnapin, Quaiapen , and other Narragansett leaders met with colonial authorities at Worden Pond and agreed not to join with King Philip . [ 3 ]
Rowlandson is an English surname meaning son of Rowland or Roland. [1] Bearers of the name include: Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (1865–1922), Australian publisher; James Rowlandson (1577–1639), English Canon of Windsor; Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637–1711), colonial American woman, captured by Native Americans, who described her experiences