A few years before this potluck, a disease from shipwrecked French sailors swept through New England and killed most of the Wampanoag. The Pilgrims from the Mayflower essentially set up shop in one of their decimated villages.
While Mann says the Wampanoag likely regarded the English as “uncouth idiots” — who arrives six weeks before winter with no food? — their value derived from the trade goods they brought from Europe.Boston Globe
Working-class Christine O’Donnell activist in the Tea Party movement best known for her 2010 campaign for the United States Senate seat from Delaware vacated by former Vice President Joe Biden. We revisit the 2010 race and its impact of today 'political environment.