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TIL in 1763 the Paxton Boys massacred two villages of Susquehannock Indians. The militia proceeded to march on Philadelphia with the intention of killing every Indian in Pennsylvania. They were met by Benjamin Franklin who helped prevent further slaughter of the peaceful Native Americans
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Paxton Boys
The Paxton Boys were frontiersman from along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania who formed a vigilante group in 1763 against local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. They are widely known for murdering…
Friendly reminder that White American history regarding Native American was and is often bloody and horrifically overlooked in our education.
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