Gnadenhutten massacre

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Gnadenhutten massacre

Gnadenhutten massacre

The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing on March 8, 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, of 96 Christian Lenape (Delaware) by colonial American militia from Pennsylvania. The militia attacked Lenape at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhütten, Ohio.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenhutten massacre

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