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Great Swamp Fight: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Great Swamp Massacre
Date December 19, 1675
Location Great Swamp • Rhode Island • United States
Participants Narraganset • Indigenous peoples of the Americas • England
Context King Philip’s War

Photos

Engraving of Metacom, also known as King Philip, a Wampanoag leader, standing in traditional clothing with a musket, with people and a mountain in the background.
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Key People

Metacom (King Philip)
Metacom
Wampanoag leader
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Josiah Winslow
United States military leader

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