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Identifier: americanencyclop00blak (find matches)
Title: The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: (Blake, William O.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history Biography
Publisher: Columbus, Published by J. & H. Miller
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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gion claimed by theHollanders. The Swedes bought some land of the Indians, and built afort called Christina,—the germ of the Colony of New Sweden, now theState of Delaware. The infant settlement was prudently managed, andmight in a few years have become prosperous, if the Dutch had not at-tacked it, in 1655, with a force of six hundred men, who captured all theSwedish posts, and the region was again absorbed into New Netherland. A destructive Indian war was added to the other embarassments of theDutch. The latter showed themselves as great savages as their red oppo-nents, who nearly overmatched them, and destroyed many of their mostflourishing boweries, or plantations. The people were harshly governed,being allowed no voice in the administration, and they complained that under a king they could not be worse treated. The English were de-termined to monopolize the coast, and in 1664, Charles II granted to hisbrother a large region, including New Netherland, to be called, in future,23*
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