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The Unredeemed Captive is an award-winning work of historical nonfiction. Its theme of identity fluidity in colonial New England focuses on Puritan minister John Williams’ daughter, Eunice Williams. After her abduction by Mohawk (Kahnawake) warriors during the Deerfield massacre, Eunice became assimilated into Kahnawake culture, so much so that she forgot the English language, married a Mohawk man, and refused to return to Puritan life despite attempts by her father (and the colonial English government) to bring her back. 

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