Summary of Stephen Brumwell's White Devil

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#1 Susanna’s ordeal began when the group was attacked by the Abenakis. She was taken captive with her children, who were crying at a distance where they were held by their masters. She was pregnant, and soon after her daughter was born, she began having pains. The group proceeded on its way.

#2 The Abenakis brought Susanna to Fort St Frédéric, or Crown Point, at the southern end of Lake Champlain. The British always called it Fort St Frédéric, or Crown Point.

#3 The French had built a stockaded post on the banks of Lake Champlain in 1731. In 1754, the British colonies were forced to remain on the defensive, as Fort St Frédéric served as a base for French and Indian war parties that attacked the frontiers of New York and New England.

#4 When the Johnson family was returned to their Abenaki captors in 1754, they were taken on board a vessel sailing northwards on Lake Champlain. The entire countryside was mantled in thick forest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822563506

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Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

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#1

Susanna’s ordeal began when the group was attacked by the Abenakis. She was taken captive with her children, who were crying at a distance where they were held by their masters. She was pregnant, and soon after her daughter was born, she began having pains. The group proceeded on its way.

#2

The Abenakis brought Susanna to Fort St Frédéric, or Crown Point, at the southern end of Lake Champlain. The British always called it Fort St Frédéric, or Crown Point.

#3

The French had built a stockaded post on the banks of Lake Champlain in 1731. In 1754, the British colonies were forced to remain on the defensive, as Fort St Frédéric served as a base for French and Indian war parties that attacked the frontiers of New York and New England.

#4

When the Johnson family was returned to their Abenaki captors in 1754, they were taken on board a vessel sailing northwards on Lake Champlain. The entire countryside was mantled in thick forest.

#5

The Abenaki village of St Francis had a reputation for being a fearsome place. They had torched many frontier settlements and killed and scalped many people. The villagers were known for their raids, which helped to check the northwards expansion of Britain’s colonies.

#6

The village of Jonesville was a haven for refugees from violence. It was a community of Indians that had been affected by the European settlers’ arrival and the subsequent epidemic that wiped out most of the native population.

#7

The first great influx of Indians to St. Francis came following King Philip’s War in 1675 and 1676, when the Wampanoag chief Metacom, or King Philip, led the tribes of southern New England in a bid to preserve their autonomy from the expanding colonial population.

#8

The Jesuits had a very successful mission in converting Indians to Christianity. They did not insist that Indian converts abandon all of their own customs and beliefs, and they continued to practice their cultural identity.

#9

The Jesuit missions in Mohawk territory, along with the Abenakis’ constant