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Lifetime: 1783 - 1821 Passed: ≈ 203 years ago

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John R. Jewitt

Books by John R. Jewitt

Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound Cover image

Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

Adventure History Memoir Non-Fiction
Slavery Escape Culture Customs Survival Captivity Indigenous Peoples Pacific Northwest Nuu-chah-nulth Nootka Sound

This book presents the firsthand account of John R. Jewitt, a blacksmith who spent nearly three years as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound. After the trading vessel he served on was attacked and its crew murdered, Jewitt was spa...