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How Did John Rolfe Justify Pocahontas '?
“For the good of the plantation, the honor of our country, for the glory of God, for mine own salvation. John Rolfe talking about his uncommon marriage to his Native American wife Pocahontas on the date of April 5th, 1614. Pocahontas was the daughter of a Native American Chief Powhatan of the Algonquin tribe. John Rolfe was an english settler and a local tobacco farmer. Because of this marriage the local natives and the english settlers had a “shaky” peace for multiple years. How John Rolfe Justified this marriage was by stating that it brought peace between the settlers and the Native Americans. Not only did he use that as a justification, but he justified marrying Pocahontas because he helped guide her into her journey into Christianity.
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