Broken Promises: The Penns and the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians

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In seventeen pages this paper examines the respectful and harmonious relationship William Penn cultivated with the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians who were residing in Pennsylvania during the seventeenth century and how the promises he made to them in good faith regarding their land were subsequently broken after his death by his greedy sons Thomas and John. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.