A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

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biographical narrative book captivity narrative

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison is a classic 19th-century captivity narrative recounting the life of a woman captured as a child and adopted by the Seneca, offering a rare, detailed perspective on both frontier and Native American life.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical narrative ⓘ book ⓘ captivity narrative ⓘ
author	James E. Seaver NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	oral testimony of Mary Jemison ⓘ
containsTheme	cultural adaptation ⓘ gender roles in Native and settler societies ⓘ identity and belonging ⓘ intercultural relations ⓘ violence on the frontier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	adoption of Mary Jemison by the Seneca ⓘ capture of Mary Jemison by Native Americans as a child ⓘ daily life in a Seneca community ⓘ displacement of Native Americans ⓘ frontier warfare and raids ⓘ relations between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ
featuresEthnicGroup	European-American settlers ⓘ Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ captivity narrative ⓘ frontier literature ⓘ
hasLaterEdition	20th-century scholarly editions ⓘ modern annotated editions ⓘ numerous 19th-century reprints ⓘ
historicalContext	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later studies of Native American captivity narratives ⓘ
isStudiedIn	American history courses ⓘ American literature courses ⓘ Native American studies courses ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance	important early American captivity narrative ⓘ rare detailed account of Seneca life from an adopted captive ⓘ
mainSubject	Mary Jemison NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeMode	as-told-to autobiography ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person account as told to an editor ⓘ
originalPublicationDate	1824 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Canandaigua, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	J. D. Bemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	American colonial frontier ⓘ Seneca territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeSpanCovered	mid-18th century to early 19th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceIn	ethnohistorical research on the Seneca ⓘ scholarship on women in early American frontier history ⓘ

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