The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion. A Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of J. W. ... Drawn Up by Himself. Whereto There is Annexed a Sermon Preached by Him, Upon His Return, at the Lecture in Boston, Dec. 5, 1706. On ... Luk. 8. 39 ... Third Edition. As Also an Appendix: Containing an Account of Those Taken Captive at Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1703, 4 ... and of the Mischief Done by the Enemy in Deerfield, from the Beginning of Its Settlement to the Death of the Rev. Mr. W. in 1729. With a Conclusion to the Whole. By the Rev. Mr. Williams ... and the Rev. Mr. Prince


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The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion ; Or, A Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield, who in the Desolation that Befel that Plantation by an Incursion of the French and Indians, was by Them Carried Away, with His Family and His Neighbor-hood, Into Canada, Drawn Up by Himself


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When a party of French and Indians attacked Deerfield, Mass., in 1704, 49 people were killed, including Reverend Williams's wife and two of their children. Williams's life was spared but he was taken captive. This is the story of the massacre and William's eventual release in his own words.