The Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson: A Quaker Kidnapped by Native Americans in 1725

The sense that she knew that God was protecting her during many close calls with death at her captors hands was actually shared by her captor himself. This is actually a good glimpse into what Indian men were like.

They were like all men. They often showed compassion toward Elizabeth and her children. This is also a good look into the early Christian testimonies of the suffering and trials of being an American pioneer in a new land. Feminists dislike them greatly because they were, and are, important pieces of American literature written by Christian women during the founding of America.

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For them women were not supposed to be free to write and publish books in the 17th century; they were supposed to be oppressed without any rights to do what they wanted and unhappy. These narratives show nothing of such unhappiness or oppression with their way of life. The way modern feminists criticize this genre of American literature reminds me of how we criticize North Korean propaganda when they stage things to make it appear to us that they are doing just fine.

When that kind of accusation is made against early America I find that very suspicious. What does that tell you? It tells you should read this literature, immediately, and listen to it. Read the stories for yourself.

They are not political propaganda. They declared her name to be Mary Ann Frossways and gave her back to Elizabeth.

Due to the trade agreement between the French and Native Americans, Sarah married Jean Baptiste Sabourin to escape captivity and she decided to remain in Canada apart from her family. Elizabeth was defenseless against the Abenaki capture and had to care for four children while navigating a new culture. The immense mental and physical strength to get herself and the majority of her children out of captivity shows the gumption required to live in this time period.

Such views allowed the use of her narrative to spread the Quaker ideals of households and the role of women.

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3. DIOSES VI Dioses Amerindios (Spanish Edition).

When the mother-in-law of her Abenaki captor defended her and assuaged him from killing her, she believed it was not because of the woman's legitimate authority, but that it was God's will that she lived. Captivity Narratives became a new genre of literature that was born during this period due to the overwhelming number of accounts of Native American capture.



The first edition of her captivity narrative was published without a title page in the Pennsylvania Gazette in December Samuel Keimer released an edited copy later in the same year. These many different edits evolved from the actual account of a woman's capture and rescue to a story revolving around the social parameters of women in early colonial New England.

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These versions were distributed to influence the behavioral standards for Quaker women in the new colonies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Canadian politician, see Elizabeth Hanson. Retrieved 27 November Aug 27, Indians killed two children, kidnapped wife and three children. Jan John ransomed Wife and two children back.

He died on way to Canada trying to ransom third daughter back.

He was a Quaker. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Retrieved 27 November Archived from the original on Captive selves, captivating others: The politics and poetics of colonial American captivity narratives. Westview Press, , New England captives carried to Canada: Between and during the French and Indian Wars.