“The Puritans failed miserably in their dealings with the Indians of New England, with scarcely a glimmer of kindness to illuminate black page after black page of cruelty and humiliation. …conversion of the heathen was not one of the compelling motives—or justifications—for the Puritan settling of New England…”

— Peter Farb

Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

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