The romantic tale of the Native American teenager, Pocahontas, and John Smith is an American legend. Was it really a love story or the figment of a vivid imagination? The truth of Pocahontas’ life is subject to the interpretation of both the oral and written accounts, which contradict one another. She lives on through her own people, who are still here today, and through the descendants of her two sons.
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From what I've researched, I think I firmly stand on the side of "John Smith made a bunch of shit up." She was 10-13, and the first time she 'saved his life' never happened if my research is correct. Besides, it's just creepy that any type of relationship between a thirty something year old guy and a TEN YEAR OLD CHILD could be seen as romantic! It's not romantic, it's gross.
Soft sweet music..low volume narrator..and lies told by these white historical people..i saw the real story of Pocahontas..and.the truth is extremely sad at every corner..all started by the lies John Smith told..so such a sad story
respect and love are not the same meaning
Why does that John Smith actor looks like lil Ed from 90 days fiancé? 😩😩
Pocahontas wasn’t a princess. Because if she was a princess there had to be a king a queen and a prince, etc. 🙄🙄 there had to have been a kingdom.
STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP THIS IS SO WRONG
This is not it
Stop making the story like tjis
She was a stolen sister
So many stupid comments.
Imagine if Lady Jane Grey or Mary queen of Scots even tough most likely 99.9% they would have dead by then but imagine if one or another was never executed and they were alive in 1603 and took the English throne then in 1607 would they have been interested in the new world
14:10-ish : “there are no women or children to help absorb the growing aggression”
What the heck is that supposed to mean?! 🧐
I hope it’s not what I think they’re trying to say…😭
It was common after a battle they would bring back captives and the men had to go through 2 rows of young warriors armed with clubs and those proven brave would at times be adopted by the tribe… If taken by men he would serve and accompany to hunts and servant work. If adopted by a woman he would be deemed a free man in the household under the care of the woman. Native society was matriarcal and the children belonged to the woman as no one else could be sure who the father was. The sad thing in American history is that they have been incorporated in the British-French wars and were later betrayed by the American government. 🦉
Sadly U.S. of A. got rid of most Indians left in New England with the Indian removal act and many of them survived barely after many struggles by escaping to Canada and those who stayed in the US are still struggling for survival as the European settlers wanted it all for themselves and are still professing racism and smugness even until today. 🐺.
https://youtu.be/UjQEM-qI8cE 🦉
I just drove past Jamestown and wondered why they didn’t get closer to a water source. The video explained everything.
I don't get why they didn't try to learn from the first nations peoples how to support themselves, hunting and harvesting what you can plant. 🙄😲😬
This story is not a white fantasy romance. It is the murder of native americans. DO NOT FUCK WITH HSITORY!
Another revisionist history. Can't even trust archeologists/historians who call the indigenous people Indians.
Being born in Virginia and living in Newport News and by the Chesapeake bay. This history has always been fascinating to me. They teach you a lot in school but it’s so filtered out.
What happened to her other children before her marriage?
Yeah you fucked this one up 😅
Pocahontas did not marry john smith she ended up marrying another ship hand.
You all here taking the piss on Absolute History as if they themselves made this don't even realize this documentary aired on regular television cable in 2009. This entire documentary highlights the fabrication of the romanticism of the legend(ary tale) of Pocohontas. It pokes holes in what we've been taught. So many of you virtue signaling in the comments "I cannot believe you would try to paint this as romantic, I WILL NOT be finishing this documentary-" CONGRATULATIONS! you misinterpreted the entire reason this film piece was made and showed the world that you don't believe in underage marriage, and then everyone clapped!
For everyone pissing about the title, yes, this aired on regular cable television when Youtube was in total infancy. It's a high-value production film piece that I imagine was very expensive, and the director/crew would have liked to make money off of it, by pitching it to different cable networks. How do ya do that? A snazzy title reflective of the romanticism this story has gained for 400 years, because aesthetics matter.
Jesus man, I've given up on society being well-read but some of you don't even WATCH things correctly.
no part 2 dahm
Like all of American History, It’s been white washed. just as it’s been going on in today’s world.
Stop. She died in England at 19.
How do you know there was no romance? Were you there?
And people are upset about the woman king…
Me, when they refer to the natives as "Indians": "oH, wHaT aRe ThE pEoPlE oF iNdIa ArE dOiNg In AmErIcA hOw ✨S i L l Y gOoFy✨
I've been reading a book that her tribe wrote of their oral history . I recommend reading that side of the story. Pocahontas was severely depressed and repeatedly raped during that time period. It's tragic. Many of her tribe members believe she was poisoned.
Hey! This wasn't about Elizabeth Warren!
Lets learn of catholicism on stolen land.
Pocahontas had two sons. She was separated from her first son after she was kidnapped. What happened to her first son?
Can't wait to hear the British, whitewashed version of events……that you already f'ed up by calling her a Princess.
My Grandmother Married my grandfather at the age of 13 and my grandfather was 18 and this is 1880
I love pocahantas
I’m related to her through one of her brothers. I live 20 mins away from Jamestown. I’ve been there so many times as a kid
"Love" shouldn't be part of the title in a video about kidnapping and pedophilia.
Thet never mentioned that she was raped when they captured her. Not the full story.
John Smithade all this up he took a 11 year old girl by force the pervert
But the U.S. has life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness only for the very rich.
Being shot by someone on your side doesn't sound friendly to me.
Pocahontas' dysfunctional life & romances, if you want to call them that, were hardly proper subject matter for a kid's movie. A tragedy- yes.
I recently learned that Pocahontas is my 12th Great-Grandmother. I never knew any of this information until I learned of our connection.