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Kidnapped: The Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson
Young Peter Williamson's troubles were only beginning when he was kidnapped from his home and sold into slavery in America. In this forgotten episode of American history, young children were taken to the colonies to work as indentured servants.
But as Peter grew to manhood, he was snatched one day from his home by Indians. Held by them against his will, he barely survived as he watched others murdered.
As if that was not enough adventure for a lifetime, Williamson then enlisted and fought in the French and Indian War. When he finally returned to his home country of Scotland, he wrote of his experiences and then was promptly sued for libel by the magistrates of the town where he was abducted as a child!
Read this amazing true story and find out in Peter's own words how he survived.
But as Peter grew to manhood, he was snatched one day from his home by Indians. Held by them against his will, he barely survived as he watched others murdered.
As if that was not enough adventure for a lifetime, Williamson then enlisted and fought in the French and Indian War. When he finally returned to his home country of Scotland, he wrote of his experiences and then was promptly sued for libel by the magistrates of the town where he was abducted as a child!
Read this amazing true story and find out in Peter's own words how he survived.
118 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 22, 2012
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Peter Williamson
4 booksPeter Williamson (1730 – 1799), aka "Indian Peter", was a Scottish memoirist who was part-showman, part-entrepreneur and inventor. Born in a croft in Aberdeenshire, he was forcibly taken to North America at an early age, but succeeded in returning to Scotland where he eventually became a well-known character in 18th century Edinburgh. He adopted the pseudonym "Indian Peter" due to his time spent with native Americans and his self-exploitation of this in an autobiography and by touring Scotland and England in the guise of a "Red Indian".
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January 3, 2016
The book should be made a movie..
the story is very interesting.. Kidnapped as a child in Aberdeen... brought in a Ship as slave to America,... Sold to a man who raises him,... got his freedom after the death of his master,... Got married and settled in a farm,... Attacked by the Indians (French Allied),... Kidnapped by them,... Witnessing atrocities by the Indians, Escaped from the Indians, returned to find his wife is dead, enlisted in the English army fighting the French and the Indians,.... Taken by the French as a prisoner of war, then sent back to England after Decays of leaving it !!
Isn't this a great story for a movie? It will win an Oscar ... hehe
the story is very interesting.. Kidnapped as a child in Aberdeen... brought in a Ship as slave to America,... Sold to a man who raises him,... got his freedom after the death of his master,... Got married and settled in a farm,... Attacked by the Indians (French Allied),... Kidnapped by them,... Witnessing atrocities by the Indians, Escaped from the Indians, returned to find his wife is dead, enlisted in the English army fighting the French and the Indians,.... Taken by the French as a prisoner of war, then sent back to England after Decays of leaving it !!
Isn't this a great story for a movie? It will win an Oscar ... hehe
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