A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
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Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · August 20, 2013
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs.
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- Who it’s for
- Mary Jemison’s long life offers an intimate path through upheaval in early America.
- Genres
- Indigenous Lives, Women's Lives, Colonial America (to 1775)
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, August 20, 2013
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Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose to stay and live among her captors. In the midst of the Seven Years War(1758), at about age fifteen, Jemison was taken from her western Pennsylvania home by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Her family was killed, but Mary was traded to two Seneca sisters who adopted her to replace a slain brother.
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She lived to survive two Indian husbands, the births of eight children, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the canal era in upstate New York. In 1833 she died at about age ninety.
One Life, Many Eras
Mary Jemison’s long life offers an intimate path through upheaval in early America.
Come here for
- A life shaped by captivity, adoption, and enduring ties to the Seneca.
Expect
- A sweeping personal account spanning war, family, and a changing upstate New York.
Where it sits
| Indigenous Lives | 68% |
|---|---|
| Colonial America (to 1775) | 38% |
| Women's Lives | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Indigenous Lives
- Authors
- James E. Seaver
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- August 20, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Indigenous Lives