EP 48: The True Story of Pocahontas and John Smith

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the true story of Pocahontas and John Smith. While we love Disney's 1995 Pocahontas movie for the nostalgia and bangin' musical numbers, we all know it is wildly inaccurate. But while most people blame Disney for our misunderstanding of the true story, we actually have John Smith himself to thank for it! 

Just a few of the things you will learn in this episode are that Pocahontas wasn't even her real name, she was likely only ten or eleven when she first met Smith, she did not have a romantic relationship with Smith, she did not save Smith from being executed, and she was only twenty years old when she died...and her death may or may not have been murder!

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- Rachel and Leah