Is Child of These Tears a true story?
Anyone familiar with the 1704 raid of Deerfield, Massachusetts will recognize some elements of that point of departure, and the dates are similar, but this version is fictionalized. Eunice Williams is the name of the girl in the real story that inspired Constance Baker in this book, and Eunice’s father John Williams wrote a famous narrative about the event, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion. Many things are changed in this version, including the name of the New England town, the name of the mission in Canada, as well as the people in the story, and, to some extent, what happens to them.
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