Connecticut'taki 1637 Mystic Kalesi Katliamı Üzerine Bir Düşünce
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Pequot- Mystic Kalesi- Sassacus- Puriten- John Mason- ConnecticutÖz
Püritenlerin 1637 yılında Mystic Kalesi’ne düzenledikleri sürpriz kanlı saldırı yüzlerce Pequot yerlisinin vahşi şekilde katledilmesiyle sonuçlandı. Puritenler katliamı Tanrının İngiliz kolonisini barbarların yağmasından kurtarışı olarak gördüler. 1899’da Connecticut’un Mystic kasabasında Puriten kumandan John Mason’un kahramanlık heykeli dikildi. Bir asır sonra Kızılderili aktivistler ve destekçileri bu aşağılayıcı heykeli kaldırtmayı başardı. Bu makalenin iki bulgusundan ilki, Püritenlerin Avrupa dini savaşlarında görülen geleneğe uygun vahşi katliamın Connecticut kolonisinde başlayan ve kıtanın geri kalanına yayılacak olan ırksal hakimiyet ve etnik arındırmanın ilk örneği olmasıdır. İkincisi ise, 1995’te Mason heykelinin kaldırılışının anılmasında görülen dikkat çekici değişime işaret etmesidir.
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