Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMay 27, 2024
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1637, in the #PequotWar, English colonists massacred 500 Pequot villagers. The United States has inherited a legacy of intentional #genocide of #indigenous peoples, hence the sympathy for other colonial projects. Conservatives are still burying the facts.
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Today in #Connecticut History, September 21: A Punishing Treaty Ends the Pequot War

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September 21: A Punishing Treaty Ends the Pequot War

  Today in 1638, an “agreement between the English in Connecticutt and the Indian Sachems” of the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes was signed in Hartford, marking the end, at least …

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMay 26, 2023
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1637, in the #PequotWar, English colonists slaughtered 500 native villagers. The United States inherited this legacy of intentional #genocide of #indigenous Americans. That so many prefer hiding these facts (cf. their #CRT lies) shows we haven't changed.
CT History NewsMay 26, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.

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May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.

  Today in 1637, a month after a combined Pequot and Wangunk attack on the small colonial settlment of Wethersfield left nine dead and crippled the town’s food security, a group of 77 En…

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Today in #Connecticut History, May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins

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May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins

  Today in 1637, Connecticut colonists formally declared war against the Pequots, the Native American tribe whose territory covered some 250 square miles in southeastern Connecticut and Rhode …

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Today in #Connecticut History, April 23: Pequot and Wangunk Warriors Attack English Settlers at Wethersfield

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April 23: Pequot and Wangunk Warriors Attack English Settlers at Wethersfield

  For the English colonists who settled along the banks of the Connecticut River in the 1630s, life in the “New World” was anything but easy.  In addition to the challenges to food…

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