This article examines the experiences of Jethro, an enslaved African man who was captured by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War. While captive, Jethro used his bilingualism to gather information about the Narragansett's war plans and then escaped and relayed them to the English. Jethro was granted freedom for this wartime service and went on to purchase property in the North End of Boston. He was representative of the charter generation of enslaved persons who showed that attitudes about race in seventeenth-century Massachusetts were still being formed. This essay further demonstrates how Jethro's story was appropriated by colonial writers at the time for their own unique purposes. Analyzing Jethro's story provides an opportunity to foreground Africanness in American captivity narratives.

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“拯救汤顿的杰思罗”：菲利普国王战争期间非洲人的囚禁叙事

这篇文章探讨了 Jethro 的经历，他是一名被奴役的非洲人，在菲利普国王的战争期间被纳拉甘西特人俘虏。在被俘期间，杰思罗利用他的双语能力收集有关纳拉甘西特战争计划的信息，然后逃脱并将其转告给英国人。Jethro 获得了战时服役的自由，并继续在波士顿北端购买房产。他是奴隶制宪章一代的代表，他们表明了 17 世纪马萨诸塞州对种族的态度仍在形成。这篇文章进一步展示了当时的殖民作家如何将叶思罗的故事用于他们自己的独特目的。分析 Jethro 的故事提供了在美国囚禁叙事中突出非洲人的机会。