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How does Cotton Mather use language (word choice) to draw a clear distinction between the colonists like Hannah Dustan and her Native American (Indian) captors? Support your response with direct evidence

Explain the context behind Wamsutta’s use of the word “beginning” in the speech. How do the two examples of a ‘beginning” connect to the purpose of the speech? Finally, compare this speech to Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the 4th of July”?

Drawing specific examples from both texts, how do Mather and Wamsutta use words with strong negative connotations to achieve their individual purposes for their specific audiences?