Pocahontas was baptized as a Christian

One of the interesting facts about Pocahontas is she was baptized as a Christian. Pocahontas' captors coerced her into becoming a Christian to make her more "civilized." They changed her name to "Rebecca" after her baptism. Pocahontas was told by a pastor how much better life was in England, and he exhorted her to study the Bible and immigrate to Europe.

One of the only ways that white people in the western world could ever be persuaded that a "savage" was genuinely "civilized" was via conversion to Christianity. They believed that if they could comprehend spirituality and the ideas of a higher entity, it would make them more human. White people were able to rest since Pocahontas was perceived as a "good" Christian who would uphold the Ten Commandments as a result of her conversion to Christianity.