Mrs. Mary RowlandsonDuring King Philip's War in 1675, an American colonist named Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637–1711) was taken captive by Native Americans. She is well known for writing a first-hand account of her captivity experience "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoraton of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson," which went on to become one of the oldest works of American literature and was a top-seller in the American colonies. Mary White Rowlandson left England with her family in 1650 and eventually settled in Massachusetts. She had four children with Puritan clergyman Joseph Rowlandson after their marriage in 1656. Mary Rowlandson was captured by Narragansett and Wampanoag warriors together with her three children during King Philip's War, a conflict between English colonists and Native American tribes. After being held captive for eleven weeks, she was ultimately ransomed and freed. Rowlandson relocated to Massachusetts upon her release and rose to prominence in Puritan culture there. Her enlarged account of her imprisonment, "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God," was one among the several religious writings she proceeded to compose and publish. At the age of 74, Rowlandson passed away in 1711. Read More Read Less
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