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Sierra's avatar

If she was being held captive than why was she paid for the shirt making?

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aL Macdougall's avatar

And does the specific group of indigenous people have a history of taking what Europeans considered 'prisoners of war'

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Sierra's avatar

I keep thinking about this article and just saw that Wales is pushing to have a million welsh speakers by 2050. This should be a celebrated goal, yet there are people that are outraged. Since this means that welsh will be the primary language in primary schools. People are Saying that it will “isolate the welsh by stunting their access to success”. And it occurred to me that is also takes just a generation to lose language.

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aL Macdougall's avatar

Why was it written to read like a sermon?

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Royal Star Allah's avatar

Because church life was so central to community life in the 1600s.

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aL Macdougall's avatar

Hm, I wonder how much literature there was outside of Christianity

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aL Macdougall's avatar

Maybe it wasn't sexual desire but it was to be treated better?

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Was she the only captive?

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Royal Star Allah's avatar

NO! She was captured with 22 other people.

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aL Macdougall's avatar

Does she talk about them often? Did they all get released at the same time?

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Royal Star Allah's avatar

Yes. She name drops throughout the narrative.

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