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1. “The Place of Their Desires”: Hassanamesit
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- A Note on the Text xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. “The Place of Their Desires”: Hassanamesit 9
- 2. “Prask That Was Wife to John Wompas”: The Pequot War and the Enslavement of Ann Prask 31
- 3. “To Bee Trained Up Among the English”: John Wompas and the Civilizing Project 50
- 4. “My Proper Right & Inheritance”: John Wompas and the English Land Market 85
- 5. “I Cherish a Desire to Be at Sea”: John Wompas and the Maritime Atlantic 110
- 6. “New England Hath Lost the Day”: John Wompas Protests to the English Crown 129
- 7. “Hee Had Lost a Great Many Men in the Warr”: The Nipmucs and Ann Wompas in King Philip’s War 157
- 8. “The English Did Wrong Them About Their Lands”: The Political Awakening of John Wompas 176
- 9. “Royall Protection”: John Wompas, Subject Status, and the English Crown 203
- 10. “One Piece of Land to Cling on To”: The Hassanamisco Reservation 224
- Appendix 1. Land Transactions of John Wompas and Ann Prask Wompas, 1662–1679 255
- Appendix 2. People and Places Connected to John Wompas 262
- Chronology of Key Events 267
- Notes 271
- Index 353
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- A Note on the Text xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. “The Place of Their Desires”: Hassanamesit 9
- 2. “Prask That Was Wife to John Wompas”: The Pequot War and the Enslavement of Ann Prask 31
- 3. “To Bee Trained Up Among the English”: John Wompas and the Civilizing Project 50
- 4. “My Proper Right & Inheritance”: John Wompas and the English Land Market 85
- 5. “I Cherish a Desire to Be at Sea”: John Wompas and the Maritime Atlantic 110
- 6. “New England Hath Lost the Day”: John Wompas Protests to the English Crown 129
- 7. “Hee Had Lost a Great Many Men in the Warr”: The Nipmucs and Ann Wompas in King Philip’s War 157
- 8. “The English Did Wrong Them About Their Lands”: The Political Awakening of John Wompas 176
- 9. “Royall Protection”: John Wompas, Subject Status, and the English Crown 203
- 10. “One Piece of Land to Cling on To”: The Hassanamisco Reservation 224
- Appendix 1. Land Transactions of John Wompas and Ann Prask Wompas, 1662–1679 255
- Appendix 2. People and Places Connected to John Wompas 262
- Chronology of Key Events 267
- Notes 271
- Index 353