Igniting King Philip's war : the John Sassamon murder trial

Kawashima, Yasuhide 1931- (Author).

Summary: The subjugation of Native Americans by European immigrants grew out of a violent clash of cultures that, in retrospect, hid real opportunities for peaceful coexistence. Key elements of this tragic tale can clearly be seen in Yasuhide Kawashima's chronicle of the events surrounding a criminal trial in Puritan New England-perhaps the earliest landmark case in American law.

Record details

ISBN: 0700610928
ISBN: 9780700610921
ISBN: 0700610936
ISBN: 9780700610938
Physical Description: print
xii, 201 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	"Bibliographical essay"-Page 165-179.
Formatted Contents Note:	Entangling alliance: the Pequot war and after -- Devastating encroachment: English settlements in the Indian country -- Fearless defender: King Philip and the Wampanoag world -- The clash of legal cultures -- A man across two worlds: the career of John Sassamon -- Sassamon found dead -- Legal imperialism: the murder trial and the executions -- The Wampanoag story -- And the war came.