King Philip's War (1675 - 1678), Roger Williams National Memorial, National Park Service. Primary record
The Chief Sachem of the Wampanoag, Metacom (or King Phillip as he was known to the English), sent the old men, women, and children of the tribe across Narragansett Bay.
By the 1670s, the purchasing of Indian land by the English and a series of hostile incidents resulted in King Phillip’s War.
The Great Swamp Fight, or Massacre, cost the lives of almost seven hundred Native American men, women and children.
Certificate from Josiah Winslow, Governor of the Colony of Plymouth issued to Thomas Smith, 9 August 1676, Massachusetts Historical Society, 9 Aug 1676. Scholarship & press
The captives were convicted of assisting Sachem Metacom to resist British rule in the colony of Plymouth, as well as committing "Many inhumaine Crueltyes and injuryes" on British subjects.
It condemns 110 Indigenous men, women, and children captured during King Philip’s War to "perpetual servitude and slavery."
A Brief Timeline of Wampanoag History, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Self-published
1675: King Phillips War. Over forty percent of the Wampanoag tribal population is killed and large number of healthy males sold off as slaves.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah): home and Our Tribe, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Self-published
The vast majority of these tribal communities were killed in battles initiated by colonists to secure land.

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