In 1676, an Indian named Peter Freeman asked the General Court of Massachusetts for his wife’s freedom “by reason of services rendered the English and as promised by Gov. [Josiah] Winslow.” Near the end of King Philip’s War, there was confusion about which Native Americans were English allies, which had surrendered, and which were still enemies, and many were mistakenly imprisoned or punished. Gift of Gladys Straus. Straus Autograph Collection, Manuscripts Division.

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