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The Marriage of Pocahontas

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Black and white illustration of Native Americans and English colonists intermingling. John Smith and Pocahontas are at the center standing next to a religious figure.

English colonists first settled in the New World at Jamestown in 1607. Reenactments, maps, and historic paintings retell the story of the ill-equipped colonists' struggle to survive, and their relationship with the local Native American tribes. Emphasizes Pocahontas' role in the colony's continuation, her meeting and marriage to John Rolfe, and the "peace of Pocahontas" that resulted in a permanent, thriving settlement.

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