Mary Rowlandson, born in 1637 in Massachusetts, was a prominent American colonial writer. Her work, 'The Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson', chronicled her experiences as a captive of Native Americans during the 1676 French and Indian War, which had a profound impact on American literature.
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