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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

2015-01-26
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

Author: James E. Seaver

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

ISBN: 9780806175720

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 207

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Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose to stay and live among her captors. In the midst of the Seven Years War(1758), at about age fifteen, Jemison was taken from her western Pennsylvania home by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Her family was killed, but Mary was traded to two Seneca sisters who adopted her to replace a slain brother. She lived to survive two Indian husbands, the births of eight children, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the canal era in upstate New York. In 1833 she died at about age ninety.

The Life of Mary Jemison

2001-03-01
The Life of Mary Jemison

Author: James E. Seaver

Publisher: Digital Scanning Inc

ISBN: 9781582182346

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 316

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Taken captive at the early age of thirteen by Seneca Indians, Mary Jemison was trained in the wilderness to the ordinary duties of the Indian female. Embedded with the sentiments and lifestyle of the Seneca's she essentially transformed into a member of the tribe. Mary Jemison's story is a remarkable one not because of her extraordinary lifestyle, but because this was the lifestyle that, in the end, she chose for herself. When prisoners were being set free from the bondage of the Indians after the French and Indian War, Mrs. Jemison chose to remain with her Indian friends and accept her Seneca upbringing. Known for her uncommon generosity, as Westward Expansion began to flourish, those who settled near the Genesee River soon became acquainted with The White Woman. This is not a facsimile but is a quality retype set addition. It is illustrated and contains a Appendix with Indian Geographical Names of the area.

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

2022-07-22
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

Author: James E. Seaver

Publisher: Broadview Press

ISBN: 9781770488595

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 182

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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison offers a remarkable perspective on eighteenth-century America. A white settler by birth, Mary Jemison was taken captive as a child in 1758 and adopted by two Seneca sisters. Refusing offers to return to settler society, she chose to spend the remainder of her life as a Seneca wife, mother, and respected community member. In 1823, the now-elderly Jemison shared her life story with white American writer James Seaver, who published it as a captivity narrative the following year. Conscious of the impacts of Seaver’s editorial hand, this edition foregrounds Jemison’s voice while also recentering Indigenous perspectives through an informative introduction and an illuminating selection of contextual materials.

The Life of Mary Jemison

2000-12
The Life of Mary Jemison

Author: James E. Seaver

Publisher: Digital Scanning Inc

ISBN: 1582182337

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 316

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Taken captive at the early age of thirteen by Seneca Indians, Mary Jemison was trained in the wilderness to the ordinary duties of the Indian female. Embedded with the sentiments and lifestyle of the Seneca's she essentially transformed into a member of the tribe. Mary Jemison's story is a remarkable one not because of her extraordinary lifestyle, but because this was the lifestyle that, in the end, she chose for herself. When prisoners were being set free from the bondage of the Indians after the French and Indian War, Mrs. Jemison chose to remain with her Indian friends and accept her Seneca upbringing. Known for her uncommon generosity, as Westward Expansion began to flourish, those who settled near the Genesee River soon became acquainted with The White Woman. This is not a facsimile but is a quality retype set addition. It is illustrated and contains a Appendix with Indian Geographical Names of the area.

White Captives

2005-10-12
White Captives

Author: June Namias

Publisher: UNC Press Books

ISBN: 9780807876091

Category: History

Page: 400

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White Captives offers a new perspective of Indian-white coexistence on the American frontier through analysis of historical, anthropological, political, and literary materials. --> Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield.

The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing

2001-11-15
The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing

Author: Dale M. Bauer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521669758

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 372

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Providing an overview of the history of writing by women in the period, this 2001 Companion establishes the context in which this writing emerged, and traces the origin of the terms which have traditionally defined the debate. It includes essays on topics of recent concern, such as women and war, erotic violence, the liberating and disciplinary effects of religion, and examines the work of a variety of women writers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rebecca Harding Davis and Louisa May Alcott. The volume plots new directions for the study of American literary history, and provides several valuable tools for students, including a chronology of works and suggestions for further reading.

Indian Captive

2011-12-27
Indian Captive

Author: Lois Lenski

Publisher: Open Road Media

ISBN: 9781453227527

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 316

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A Newbery Honor book inspired by the true story of a girl captured by a Shawnee war party in Colonial America and traded to a Seneca tribe. When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she’s sure they’ll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is kind to her. She learns to plant crops, make clay pots, and sew moccasins, just as the other members do. Slowly, Mary realizes that the Indians are not the monsters she believed them to be. When Mary is given the chance to return to her world, will she want to leave the tribe that has become her family? This Newbery Honor book is based on the true story of Mary Jemison, the pioneer known as the “White Woman of the Genesee.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

The Life of Mary Jemison

2013-01-04
The Life of Mary Jemison

Author: James Seaver

Publisher: CreateSpace

ISBN: 1481908626

Category:

Page: 214

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Violently kidnapped from her home near Gettysburg, young Mary Jemison is helpless as the rest of her family is murdered by Indians. Taken in by those same natives, she slowly becomes a part of their culture, forced to adapt. This is the true story of DEH-HE-WA-MIS, who comes to be known as "The White Woman of the Genessee."

The Life of Mary Jemison

2007-09
The Life of Mary Jemison

Author: James E. Seaver

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

ISBN: 1434491277

Category: Fiction

Page: 548

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A narrative of the life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amonst them to the present time.