She was taken to England

The colonists at Jamestown struggled with how to handle their connection with the Powhatan tribe during the entirety of her time in captivity. Tobacco was now a very lucrative crop for Jamestown, and they frequently shipped it to England. The royal family and the general people wished to maintain peace and treat the locals with respect back home in England. To show that they had a good connection with the Native Americans, they determined that the best line of action was to send Pocahontas, her son Thomas, and her sister over to England.


Her captors wanted to be sure Pocahontas could truly converse with the English before they showed her to the rest of society. She was so given English language instruction. Because of her high intelligence, she picked up the language fast and was able to hold meaningful interactions with everyone she encountered in her new community.


Many English people had only heard about how brutal Native Americans were; they had never really encountered one. When they first encountered Pocahontas, she was speaking in English and donning appropriate attire for a woman of the time. She was a wonderful Christian woman, and everyone saw that these people were not wild animals. These were people who had the potential to be civilized. She evolved into a type of cultural mediator.


Pocahontas' father eventually mustered some men in 1614 and attempted to save her. Numerous guys perished as a result of this. When her captors eventually gave her father the chance to talk with her, she reportedly requested that he release her and let her travel to England. Pocahontas may have just wanted the conflict to end and didn't want more people to perish while fighting for her.

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