SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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He became rich
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He was sold as a slave
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He got married
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He became a farmer
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was, in any event, seized with other Indians by one of Smith’s men, Thomas Hunt, who took them to the Mediterranean port of Málaga, Spain, to be sold into slavery. Squanto somehow escaped to England and joined the Newfoundland Company.
Detailed explanation-2: -What happened to Squanto? He is thought to have died in Plymouth Colony in November 1622 after contracting what William Bradford described as “Indian fever”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Squanto was born circa 1580 near Plymouth, Massachusetts. Little is known about his early life. In 1614, he was kidnapped by English explorer Thomas Hunt, who brought him to Spain where he was sold into slavery. Squanto escaped, eventually returning to North America in 1619.
Detailed explanation-4: -At some point during the first two decades of the 17th century, an English adventurer kidnapped Squanto and about two dozen other Wampanoag by tricking them into boarding an English trading ship. The English beat them and tied them up, then sailed for Spain to sell the captives as slaves.
Detailed explanation-5: -Squanto was kidnapped by the English captain Thomas Hunt in 1614 CE to be sold into slavery but either escaped or won his freedom in Spain and traveled to England where he learned English and worked as interpreter and shipbuilder.