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Redemption Rock

1953 establishments in MassachusettsLandforms of Worcester County, MassachusettsNative American history of MassachusettsOpen space reserves of MassachusettsPre-statehood history of Massachusetts
Princeton, MassachusettsProtected areas established in 1953Protected areas of Worcester County, MassachusettsRock formations of MassachusettsThe Trustees of Reservations
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Redemption Rock is a colonial-era historic site in Princeton, Massachusetts. In 1676, during King Philip's War, the release of Mary Rowlandson (the wife of a Puritan minister) from her Native American captors was negotiated atop a granite ledge. The .25-acre (0.10 ha) parcel upon which the rock stands was acquired by the land conservation non-profit organization The Trustees of Reservations in 1953, and is open to the public.Rowlandson would later write about her experience in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, considered a seminal work in the American literary genre of captivity narratives. Redemption Rock is located off Massachusetts Route 140, near Wachusett Mountain.

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