Mary Rowlandson The Sovereignty And Goodness Of God Summary

In her book The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Mary Rowlandson describes her time of being a captive in a Native American tribe after they attacked her hometown Lancaster and took women and children captive. After she was returned to her husband, Rowlandson wrote down what had happened to her. Her book has helped many people understand what it was like for a colonist to be a captive in a Native American tribe. However, compared to the other captives from Lancaster, Mary Rowlandson was treated better because of her status of the wife of Lancaster’s minister. From the moment Mary Rowlandson is captured, she is treated differently from the other captives. Mary’s daughter was injured in the attack on Lancaster, but was still brought along with her. The Native Americans allowed Mary and her daughter to ride on a horse with a Native American instead of walking like most captives would have been made to do. On top of this, after her daughter dies, the Native Americans end up burying her daughter. As a captive, generally speaking, people would be treated as slave. How many masters of a slave would bury a slave’s dead child? This enhances the thought that Mary …show more content…
Mary Rowlandson had three children; a son named Joseph, a daughter named Mary, and a daughter named Sarah. Sarah died with Rowlandson after they were captured. Joseph and Mary, however, were also taken captive. The first child Rowlandson was allowed to see was her daughter Mary. After that, Rowlandson went and saw her son Joseph. This shows how well Mary Rowlandson was treated because they let her leave and knew that she would come back. She was sent to another camp where Joseph was being held captive, and they allowed her to come and go as she pleased. Most captives are not allowed to leave, much less see their family members that are in a different