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Raid on Swansea (20 Jun 1675)

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Date: 20 Jun 1675 [unknown]
Location: Swansea, Massachusettsmap
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Historical event: 20 Jun 1675 at Swansea, Massachusetts.
Epoch: King Philip's War—First hostilities
Beligerents:
  • Wampanoag/Pokanoket tribe
  • New England village of Swansea
The conflict known as King Philip’s War began in earnest on 24 June 1675, when warriors of the Wampanoag/Pokanoket tribe led by Philip attacked the English settlement at Swansea on the western frontier of the Plymouth Colony.[1] What followed was a genocidal conflict that was arguably the bloodiest war in American history.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Voyage to War (London: HarperPress, 2006), 237-38.
  2. ↑ For an excellent history of the conflict, see Philbrick, Voyage to War, “Part IV: War.”




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