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A Key Into the Language of America

by Roger Williams · 1643

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A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers written by Roger Williams, who was forced to leave Massachusetts and established Rhode Island. This early linguistic treatise gives rare insight into the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans.

Subject
anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
Native AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of thisRhode IslandRhode IslandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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