Today in #Connecticut History, May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins
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Today in #Connecticut History, April 23: Pequot and Wangunk Warriors Attack English Settlers at Wethersfield
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I've created a 10-minute mini-lecture on the #PequotWar that you might consider using for an early U.S. history class. I discuss the origins of the war, wampum trade networks, the Mystic River Massacre, debates over using the term genocide, and historians' takes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJLz-v-FEyI
The brutal tactics of extermination on the part of the Puritans certainly contradicted their self-image of maintaining a society of godly moral standards.