Pocahontas

Memorial Statue of Pocahontas in Jamestown

What was The Peace of Pocahontas?

Ora Smith | October 13, 2023

When the English first established Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, their relationships with the Indigenous Peoples (sometimes called ‘the Powhatans’ after Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas’s father) was precarious. Powhatan and the English settlers regarded each other with suspicion. Eventually, the two groups…..

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