Description
In 1605, George Weymouth kidnapped five Abenaki individuals and brought them back to England, lodging three of them with Ferdinando Gorges and two with John Popham; these Englishmen would use the knowledge the Abenakis imparted in colonial ventures along the East Coast. Amoret was one of the pair sent to live with John Popham, who in turn placed him in John Slaney’s care (treasurer of the Newfoundland Company). Some accounts suggest he died. In others, Amoret was probably returned home in 1607.
Bibliographic sources
Thrush, Indigenous London, 44, 48, 52, 56-57; Olexer, Barbara. The Enslavement of the American Indian in Colonial Times, 19-20.