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--In The Name of War, Jill Lepore asserts that in late 17th century New England, in a time of change and cultural anxieties, King Philip’s War served as a way for colonists to “reclaim their Englishness.”
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The name of war: King Philip's war and the origins of American identity.
(n.d.). Scholars at Harvard. https://scholar.harvard.edu/jlepore/publications/name-war-king-philip%E2%80%99s-war-and-origins-american-identity
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/king-philips-war
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In The Name of War, Jill
Lepore asserts that in late 17 the century New England, in a time of change and
cultural anxieties, King Philip’s War served as a way for colonists to ‘reclaim
their Englishness’
Englishness.”King
Philips War was also known as the First Indian War. A great rebellion took
place in southern New England. The war is one of the bloodiest wars that have
ever happened in the United States. Hundreds of people colonists died, and many
others were without settlements as they were destroyed. Thousands of Indians
were killed, and several others held captives. Some other Indians, according to
the writers, were sold to slavery and indentured bondage. The depiction or writing
of the situation is different, with many writers tending to demean the Native
Americans. Writers like Mary Rowlandson have the feeling that the Native
Americans are wicked but, in other situations, realize that they are good
people who offered her lending hand.
Lepore, “The Name of War” gives a very powerful
insight into the events of the war as well as the author’s beliefs of what
transpired. The author gives this account based on the documented reports from
the colonial time writers. She indeed gives a picture that provokes the war and
the effect it had on the diverse population (Lepore). Also, “The Name of War” draws on the
author’s idea from the semantic conflict of the 1670s. According to Lepore, the
war involved hostile and violent actions that caused an extensive impact on the
human population. It is very clear that the obvious victims of King Philip’s
war were the American Natives. The Indians had soon become the prey of the
colonists’ prejudice and anxiety. The colonists would get tensed because of the
banding in the region, either friendly or hostile. There came a period of
self-examination for the new Englanders because of accumulated tensions. The
inspiration of the writing of her narrative; Rowlandson wants to convey a
narrative of gratitude for her deliverance from captivity and with the hopes of
giving the spiritual meaning of the experiences she underwent to the puritan
community. Lepore gives a remarkable gift as a storyteller. Lepore is endowed
with the special gift of the most persevering historians. The author here
writes with very ironic and strange episodes detailing the past’s most fundamental;
and painful contradictions. There are contradictions on the side that she takes
either side on the place of the rivalry on Indians and the Englanders, but the
narration is very evocative, troubling, and evocative on the very little known
war that serves as a summary of major wars. “Lepore captures the experience of the war, for whites and
Indians alike, in prose that is worthy of the tormented writing that emerged
from the Civil War, World War I, and Vietnam… “Brilliant... Lepore’s grasp of
the complexities and varieties of the human beings in her drama matches that of
a fine novelist... This is history as it should be written... The delights of
Jill Lepore’s prose are enough by themselves to make this a book for anyone who
loves good writing” (Lepore).
