Disney turned Pocahontas into a love story between a native princess and an English explorer. The truth is much darker.
The real Pocahontas was about 11 or 12 when she met John Smith. There was no romance — but later, she was kidnapped by English colonists, converted to Christianity, renamed Rebecca, and forced to marry a settler named John Rolfe.
When she was brought to England as a “civilized native,” she fell ill — possibly poisoned — and died at just 21.
Her story isn’t about two worlds uniting. It’s about a young girl stolen, used, and erased by empire.
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