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The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century “a riveting historical validation of emancipatory impulses frustrated in their own time” (Booklist, starred review) as determined Narragansett Indians refused to back down and accept English authority.
A devout Puritan minister in seventeenth-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Yet his orthodox brethren were convinced tolerance fostered anarchy and courted God’s wrath. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side by side, in peace.
As the seventeenth century wore on, a steadily deepening antagonism developed between an expansionist, aggressive Puritan culture and an increasingly vulnerable, politically divided Indian population. Indian tribes that had been at the center of the New England communities found themselves shunted off to the margins of the region. By the 1660s, all the major Indian peoples in southern New England had come to accept English authority, either tacitly or explicitly. All, except one the Narragansetts.
In God, War, and Providence “James A. Warren transforms what could have been merely a Pilgrim version of cowboys and Indians into a sharp study of cultural contrast…a well-researched cameo of early America” (The Wall Street Journal). He explores the remarkable and little-known story of the alliance between Roger Williams’s Rhode Island and the Narragansett Indians, and how they joined forces to retain their autonomy and their distinctive ways of life against Puritan encroachment. Deeply researched, “Warren’s well-written monograph contains a great deal of insight into the tactics of war on the frontier” (Library Journal) and serves as a telling precedent for white-Native American encounters along the North American frontier for the next 250 years.
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"As a resident I learned quite a bit by reading this book. I found it very interesting considering my ignorance of the history of this state. I had hear of Rodger Williams only briefly in my studies of state history. This shines a whole new light on Rodger Williams for me.
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God War and Providence The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England James A Warren 9781501180422 Books Reviews :
God War and Providence The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England James A Warren 9781501180422 Books Reviews
- If you like New England History then you should read this book. It's the best piece I've read on the Puritan/Colonial Period and the native/Indian population of New England. Well written and easy to read.
- This book delivers an interesting telling of a somewhat neglected tale... I grew up in RI and knew the outlines, but Warren has filled in the details and given a much deeper view of the history that we too rarely focus on, that is, Native American relations with the early English settlers. The book also gives insight into the early English settlers' activities and relations with England. Warren has done the research and brings the story to us in a serious yet flowing narrative. The true mark of a good read it made me want to know more.
- There are lots of books on this subject in whole or in part. Lots of rehash of old stuff which will be repetitious to anyone with a prior interest and knowledge of Williams, Narragansett Indians, KIng Phillip's War, etc. OK book for first timers but otherwise disappointing. There were also a number of typos, wrong dates.
- As a resident I learned quite a bit by reading this book. I found it very interesting considering my ignorance of the history of this state. I had hear of Rodger Williams only briefly in my studies of state history. This shines a whole new light on Rodger Williams for me.
Thank you for creating this book it's been a pleasure to read - This is a well-written and factual history of the origin of conflicts between colonists and native Americans along the Atlantic seaboard in the 1600's. There were peacemakers on both sides, Roger Williams being one of the few that were trusted by both sides. There were also warmakers who, for the most part, were operating from the point of view of an ideology derived from the conviction of a fundamental religious supremacy.
- Still reading!
- The history we were never taught.
- Very well written discussion of the role of Roger Williams and his position between the Indians and the Puritans.
