King Phillip's War
American History Hit
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This is one of the deadliest conflicts in North American History. But who was King Philip? What started the war? And how did it change history?
Don is joined by Professor David Silverman from George Washington University to head back to the late 17th century.
Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.
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| 0:32.2 | Every winter, the snow rolls in with an eerie, muffled silence. |
| 0:43.5 | It is 1674, and we're journeying in from Plymouth Colony here in New England. |
| 0:51.3 | Our boots crunch in the crusted snow as the whistling wind swirls fresh powder into ghostly spirals. |
| 0:56.9 | This time of year, the waters are frozen over. Birds and small mammals gladly use them as shortcuts. But for us, here at Assawampset Pond, the ice is unpredictable. |
| 1:04.4 | In some places, thick enough to support several men. In others, it cracks and pops, threatening to collapse. And if it does, here at this |
| 1:13.5 | location, at this pond, what lies beneath in the water, could shatter a tenuous peace and forever |
| 1:21.3 | echo through the colonial history of the North American continent. |
| 1:29.9 | Hello and welcome to American History Hit. I'm Don Wildman, and today we're heading back |
| 1:35.3 | to the 1670s. Half a century after the arrival of the Mayflower and what is arguably |
| 1:41.6 | per capita, the bloodiest war in American history, known as King Phillips |
| 1:47.1 | War. Who was this ruler, this eponymous King Philip? And how did events at Asawompset |
| 1:54.6 | Pond finally end what slim chance there might have been for a peaceful coexistence between |
| 2:00.1 | European colonists and Native |
| 2:02.0 | nations. To learn about this, I am speaking with Professor David Silverman of George Washington |
| 2:07.2 | University, author of six books, most recent of which is The Chosen and the Damned, Native |
| 2:12.9 | Americans and the Making of Race in the United States. |
| 2:25.9 | Music and the making of race in the United States. Hi, David. How are you? Doing just fine. Thank you for having me. |
| 2:29.5 | You know, I'm looking forward to this conversation. Anyone living in or spending time in New England, |
| 2:34.4 | which I do every summer, hears about the subject from time to time, and most do not understand |
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