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Painting of Pocahontas, wearing white, being baptized Rebecca by Anglican minister Alexander Whiteaker in Jamestown, Virginia

The True Story of Pocahontas

Source: Smithsonian

Historian Camilla Townsend dispels some of the myths about Pocahontas.

This entry was posted in Coming to America and tagged Historic Figures, History on May 1, 2017 by Anita Hacker.

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