Paths to the Great Swamp Fight, December 19, 1675

The assault by the United New England Colonies on the Narragansett stockade in the Great Swamp (Quawawehunk) marked a turning point in Native American and English colonial sovereignty in southern New England. This talk will elucidate the cultural and political forces that collided in this momentous fight. The event is presented by William Simmons, Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, and sponsored by the John Carter Brown Library, the Rhode Island Historical Society, and the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.