Why The Story Of The Pilgrims Is Darker Than You Think
Wikimedia CommonsThe Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving. While American schoolchildren are taught that the Pilgrims were pious, hardworking settlers who persevered in an unforgiving new land, the truth is much more complicated. Though the mythology of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving remain popular to this day, we must ask who were the Pilgrims and