In 1587, John White led a bedraggled group of one hundred and eighteen English men, women, and children to the New World to begin a new life. The colonists landed on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Faced with dwindling supplies and hostile Native American neighbors, White returned to England to seek aid, leaving the colony behind, along with his daughter and son-in-law—Elinor and Ananias Dare—and his newborn granddaughter...
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