<p>Metacom’s Resistance, Puritan Mythology, and King Philip’s War with Sarah Stewart (Partnership of Historic Bostons)</p><p>We speak with Sarah Stewart, president of the Partnership of Historic Bostons, a public history organization focused on 17th-century New England, to confront Puritan mythology and widen the lens beyond Salem to Indigenous history, enslaved Africans, and displaced peoples. We dig into why King Philip’s War, which is often skipped in schools and told through colonial monuments, Increase Mather, and captivity narratives, was a turning point that devastated Native sovereignty, reshaped New England, and fed the fear that later influenced the Salem witch trials. Sarah breaks down PHB’s “Metacom’s Resistance” series, the need for reframing the war through Indigenous voices, and the realities of enslavement, land commodification, and legal encroachment on sovereignty. </p><p>00:00 Meet Sarah Stewart</p><p>00:50 Origins of the Partnership</p><p>01:51 Broadening the 17th Century Lens</p><p>03:21 Programs and Events</p><p>04:58 Puritans Beyond the Myths</p><p>06:51 Building Community Feedback</p><p>08:06 Why King Philip&#39;s War Matters</p><p>10:53 How the Story Got Distorted</p><p>13:22 Metacom&#39;s Resistance Series</p><p>17:49 Indigenous Voices Center Stage</p><p>20:50 Violence and Witch Trial Fear</p><p>23:59 Captivity and Enslavement</p><p>25:53 Land Commodification Clash</p><p>28:50 Land And Equality</p><p>29:31 Amplifying Indigenous Voices</p><p>33:08 Powerful Panels And Future Events</p><p>37:08 Puritans Fear And Ongoing Wars</p><p>39:11 Courts Sovereignty And Punishment</p><p>42:23 Thomas Morton And Other Paths</p><p>45:29 War Choices And Modern Parallels</p><p>46:55 Audience Reflections And Truth</p><p>52:01 Keep Learning Stay Connected</p><p><a href="https://historicbostons.org/"><u>Partnership of Historic Bostons</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1zOlO6MUY&t=1s"><u>“The Unknown War: King Philip&#39;s War, 1675-1678” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcv_cjAn5Mc"><u>“The Past is Now: An Inter-Tribal Panel Discussion of King Philp&#39;s War” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QV3azRBs8"><u>“Surviving Slavery: Indigenous Enslavement in King Philip&#39;s War” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6_a37VIsU"><u>“Erasure: History, Memory and King Philip&#39;s War” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjYg1Sglng"><u>“What Really Happened at Turners Falls?” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCCvZhB4Yg"><u>“The Long Legacy: The Cost and Consequences of King Philip&#39;s War” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GEspMnY9-o"><u>“The Slews and Hoars of Beverly: From Witchcraft to Slavery” (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GEspMnY9-o</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnS8fRlAVs&t=18s"><u>“The Other: Understanding Witch Hunts, Part I, with Emerson Baker, Sarah Jack, and Josh Hutchinson” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3SlFZcunE8"><u>“Resistance: Stopping Witch Hunts, Part II” (video)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780812219081"><u>Jenny Hale Pulsipher,</u><em> Subjects unto the Same King: Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375702624"><u>Jill Lepore, </u><em>The Name of War: King Philip&#39;s War and the Origins of American Identity</em></a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780300230109"><u>Peter C. Mancall, The Trials of Thomas Morton</u></a></p>