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8 Inappropriate Pocahontas Costumes
395 years ago yesterday, Pocahontas married John Rolfe, a pious British colonizer who developed the first commercially viable strand of tobacco in the Colony of Virginia. In honor of their joyous union – which ended abruptly in 1616 when Pocahontas died during a pseudo-promotional tour of England with John and their son Thomas - we [...]
