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The Birth of an American Town ~ Episode 3 (Patreon)

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I've finally completed the most personal project I've ever made for the channel (which is a bit ironic since I don't even appear in it). The three episodes of The Birth of an American Town ended up clocking in at more than 2 hours, so I kinda accidentally made a feature film (again).

While it isn't surprising that an aesthetically retro hyper-specific microhistory about an obscure Massachusetts town doesn't exactly rack up the views, it felt very cathartic connecting with my hometown and my boyhood while researching and writing this, not to mention spending days on end driving all over the Metrowest Boston area getting footage in all seasons and all weather. I'm especially proud of it because it features a lot of my own scholarship, and draws on many sources which have not been exposed to a wide audience in 150 years or more. Enjoy!

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The Birth of an American Town ~ Episode 3

The final installment of a three-part documentary series telling the story of the formation of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts in the 17th century. In this episode, decades of tension between Native Americans and English settlers violently erupt in a single day of wrath – the Sudbury Fight of King Philip's War. Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms Buy Merch ► https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films Official Website ► https://www.atunsheifilms.com/ Very special thanks to Katrina from @ReadingthePast for her guest narration and Callum from @Embracehistoria for his cartography. 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Chapter VII: Antebellum 16:30 Chapter VIII: A Considerable Slaughter 40:53 Epilogue 50:29 Conclusion / Credits ~REFERENCES~ [1] Ellery Bicknell Crane. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts (1907). The Lewis Publishing Company, Page 25 [2] Richard Slotkin & James K. Folsom. So Dreadfull a Judgment: Puritan Responses to King Philip’s War, 1676-1677 (1978). Wesleyan University Press, Page 70-71 [3] Dennis A. Connole. The Indians of the Nipmuc Country in Southern New England, 1630-1750 (2001). McFarland and Company, Page 45-49 [4] Connole, Page 104-121 [5] George M. Bodge. Soldiers in King Philip’s War (1891). Printed for the Author, Page 175-184 [6] Samuel G. Drake. The Old Indian Chronicle (1867 Edition). Samuel A. Drake, Publisher, Page 189-190 [7] Levi Badger Chase. The Bay Path and Along the Way (1919). The Plimpton Press, Page 136-143 [8] Alfred Sereno Hudson. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts (1889). The Sudbury Press, Page 199-212 [9] Douglas Edward Leach. Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip’s War (1995 Edition). Parnassus Imprints, Page 155-175 [10] Drake, Page 218 [11] Mary Rowlandson. The Narrative and Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1997 EBook). The Gutenberg Project https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/851/pg851-images.html [12] Hudson, Page 228-229 [13] “A Massachusetts Minister Calls For Stricter Indian Policy After King Philip’s War.” Terry Bouton, Associate Professor of History UMBC, Personal Blog https://terrybouton.wordpress.com/a-massachusetts-minister-calls-for-stricter-indian-policy-after-king-philips-war/ [14] Chilton Scollard & Wallace Rice. Ballads of Valor and Victory: Being Stories in Song from the Annals of America (1903). Fleming H. Revell Company, Page 24-28 [15] Hudson, Page 23