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Plymouth Plantation Thesis

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Ben Abolt 11/21/16 Page 133 Final Draft The Personal Accounts of Exploration and Settlement Several documents from the 1600s illustrate how life may have been for early Americans. Both Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano expose how people viewed the consequences and sufferings of an early colony. The writers' personal details, in combination with images and dialogue, give the most accurate picture of this historical time period that continues to shape America's future. William Bradford was instrumental in the founding of Plymouth Plantation, and attributes all of the colony's successes to God's intervention. Images that provide background as to what hardships

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