The respected trader John Oldham, attacked on…

July 1636 CE

The respected trader John Oldham, attacked on a trading voyage to Block Island on July 20, 1636, is killed, together with several of his crew, and his ship looted by Narragansett-allied natives who seek to discourage English settlers from trading with their Pequot rivals.

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New Shoreham Washington Rhode Island United States View →

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Niantic people (Amerind tribe) View → Narragansett people (Amerind tribe) View → Pequots (Amerind tribe) View → Mohegan people (Amerind tribe) View → Puritans View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution) View → Plymouth Colony (English Colony) View → Saybrook Colony (English) View → (Connecticut) River Colony (English) View →

Topics
Indian Trade View → Colonization of the Americas, English View → Indian Wars in Upper North America View → Pequot War View →

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Commerce View → Mayhem View → Government View →

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Group: Merchant Venturers, Society of
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