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Pocahontas was born Matoaka, and known as Amonute, Her birth year is estimated.
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Pocahontas was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities, and held for ransom. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca.
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Their marriage created a climate of peace between the Jamestown colonists and Powhatan's tribes; this lasted for eight years, and was called the "Peace of Pocahontas".
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The son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe was born in 1615 while they were living on Rolfe's plantation, Varina Farms, across the James River from Henricus.
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John Rolfe and Pocahontas boarded a ship to return to Virginia; the ship had sailed only as far as Gravesend on the river Thames, when Pocahontas became gravely ill. She was taken ashore and died at the approximate age of 21.
