Peter C. Mancall

Peter C. Mancall

Peter C. Mancall is a historian at the University of Southern California. He is the author of seven books, including Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson and The Trials of Thomas Morton: An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes and the Battle for a New England.

To allay any suspicions, an English colonist took a drink from one container, then surreptitiously offered another filled with poisoned wine to the Powhatans. 

Untold Stories of American History

Was the 1623 Poisoning of 200 Native Americans One of the Continent's First War Crimes?

English colonists claimed they wanted to make peace with the Powhatans, then offered them tainted wine

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