The Captivity of the Oatman Girls

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book captivity narrative

The Captivity of the Oatman Girls is a 19th-century narrative recounting the abduction and enslavement of Olive and Mary Ann Oatman by Native Americans, which became one of the most famous and sensational American frontier captivity stories.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ captivity narrative ⓘ
author	Royal B. Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation	widely read in the United States in the 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	abduction of the Oatman family members ⓘ enslavement of Mary Ann Oatman ⓘ enslavement of Olive Oatman ⓘ
documentationRole	one of the primary contemporary sources on the Oatman case ⓘ
focusesOn	Olive Oatman’s eventual return to white society ⓘ
genre	American captivity narrative ⓘ frontier literature ⓘ
hasCharacter	Lorenzo Oatman NERFINISHED ⓘ Royce Oatman NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEventDescribed	Oatman family massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American westward expansion ⓘ
impact	became one of the most famous American captivity stories ⓘ contributed to the popularity of lecture circuits about frontier experiences ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryTradition	Protestant captivity narrative tradition ⓘ
mainSubject	Mary Ann Oatman NERFINISHED ⓘ Olive Oatman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person account as told by Olive Oatman to the author ⓘ
notableFor	influencing public perceptions of Native Americans ⓘ popular success in 19th-century America ⓘ sensational depiction of Native American captivity ⓘ
portrays	Native Americans as violent captors ⓘ Olive Oatman as a Christian heroine NERFINISHED ⓘ Olive Oatman’s facial tattooing by her captors ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
publisherRole	helped promote public lectures by Olive Oatman NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	American frontier myth ⓘ anti-Native American sentiment in 19th-century literature ⓘ
relatedWork	later biographies of Olive Oatman ⓘ
setting	American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Arizona Territory region NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	cultural captivity and assimilation ⓘ frontier violence ⓘ religious providence ⓘ suffering and redemption ⓘ

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