Mary Rowlandson, neé Mary White, was born in Somerset, England in 1637, the fifth of eight children born to John White and Joan West. She traveled across the Atlantic as a child, arriving at Salem, Massachusetts in 1639. There, Rowlandson's father grew his property and joined the effort to create the town of Wenham. Rowlandson's mother helped establish Wenham's church in 1644, although Rowlandson's father was not a church member. Rowlandson's father returned to England...
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How does one define captivity? Is it the physical restraint of a person through threats and violence? Could one be captive of their society due to the roles and expectations assigned to them? Both of these questions pose possibilities when it...
Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and Goodness of God recounts her experience of being captured by a group of Native Americans. Rowlandson’s description of this trek is highly subjective and reflects her personal beliefs as well as the values of...
Mary Rowlandson faced what would be many people’s worst nightmare, when she witnessed the slaughtering of her family and neighbors as described in her autobiography, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rowlandson. As if that...
People distinguish themselves through their individuality, their uniqueness, the ways in which they are their own self and no one else. However, a remarkable woman of the late 1600s did not herself fit the typical construct of an individual; in A...
