It may have been true that from a strictly legal standpoint there was nothing wrong with how Winslow and the other Plymouth officials acquired large amounts of Pokanoket land. And yet, from a practical and moral standpoint, the process removed the Indians from their territory as effectively-and as cheaply-as driving them off at gunpoint
( Nathaniel Philbrick )
[ Mayflower: A Story of Courage, ]
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