Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea
captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure
in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port Royal in Acadia,
now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec
in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in
1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a
treaty with the native Wabanaki.
This biography presents a well-rounded picture of Phips, one
that looks at all phases of his colourful career. He was an unusual
figure among colonial governors, and his very uniqueness, as well
as his difficulties as governor, help us to understand the politics
and society of New England during his era. Helped and hindered by
his obscure origins, Phips struggled for advancement, and his
struggle illustrates the fluid nature of the British Empire in the
late seventeenth century.
Phips's life was left unexplored by scholars for the past
seventy years. The New England Knight reconstructs his career using
contemporary material that brings life and immediacy to the
narrative. It interacts with recent studies in colonial, imperial,
aboriginal, and marine history to set Phips's eventful life in
context.
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