Redemption Rock, Massachusetts, United States

5AliceRumphius 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2018

Amazing historical spot
The significance of this place is not well known, even to long-time residents of this area. It was here that Mary Rowlandson was ransomed and freed by Native Americans on May 2, 1676, for goods worth about twenty pounds. Her capture was the result of an attack on the town of Lancaster, MA, one of a series of raids in the conflict known as King Philip’s War. In terms of population, King Philip's War was the bloodiest conflict in American history. Mary went on to write "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson". This book is considered a seminal American work in the literary genre of captivity narratives. It went through four printings in 1682 and garnered readership both in the New England colonies and in England, leading it to be considered by some the first American "bestseller".

5Janis G 5:00 PM Aug 12, 2015

Kidnap and Murder of Massachusetts Colonists during King Phillip's War.
A modest reservation that is packed with the ghosts of the colonists of the 1600's in Massachusetts. Not only a big rock off of Route 140 in Princeton but also a memorial to a group of people kidnapped by warriors during the King Phillip's war and forced to walk many miles. One woman, Mary Rowlandson, later wrote a book about her capture in Lancaster, MA and later release in Princeton. A memorial to what must have been a truly harrowing ordeal.