Why The Story Of The Pilgrims Is Darker Than You Think
From religious extremism to child abuse to their brutal treatment of the Native Americans, the Pilgrims who built the Plymouth Colony were far more ruthless than you realized.Wikimedia CommonsThe Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving.
While American schoolchildren are taught that the Pilgrims were pious, hardworking settlers who persevered in an unforgiving new land, the truth is much more complicated. Though the mythology of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving remain popular to this day, we must ask who were the Pilgrims and what is their true historical legacy?
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