All posts tagged "Mashpee Mass."
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3.4KArts and LeisureIndians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back.
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
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13.3KMassachusettsWilliam Apess Leads the Bloodless Mashpee Revolt of 1833
William Apess was the perfect person to lead the nonviolent Mashpee Revolt of 1833, an uprising against the Massachusetts government. The commonwealth...
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11.3K2Business and LaborMashpee Teen James Mye Ends Slavery for Indian Children
James Mye, a poor Indian boy, was apprenticed to a Nantucket couple whose children treated him like a slave. The commonwealth never...
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