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This image — a portrait of the late Jacob Minors of St. David's Island — helped reconnect Indigenous peoples in Bermuda and New England. It appears in "Memorials of the discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1515-1685," with the caption, "A native Bermudian of strongly marked Indian features; reputed to be of Indian descent, and probably descended from one of the Pequod captives. He died 1875, aged 84."
Sir John Henry Lefroy
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Cornell University Library
It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous slavery. As colonial powers took over Native land, white settlers were enslaving Native people. Some worked in New England. Others were kidnapped and shipped to an isolated tropical island. For generations, a lost tribe in Bermuda wondered about its past. Centuries later, they’ve reconnected with family — in New England.
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