The Delaware Nation signed a 1778 treaty with American colonists promising citizenship and representation, but Congress never ratified it and American militia massacred 96 peaceful Delaware and Mohican at Gnadenhütten in 1782. Propaganda campaigns by figures including Benjamin Franklin portrayed all Indigenous peoples as inherently savage, fueling an exterminationist ideology that justified land seizure and violence against Native nations regardless of their allegiance or peaceful practices.
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The Delaware Nation signed a 1778 treaty with American colonists promising citizenship and representation, but Congress never ratified it and American militia massacred 96 peaceful Delaware and Mohican at Gnadenhütten in 1782. Propaganda campaigns by figures including Benjamin Franklin portrayed all Indigenous peoples as inherently savage, fueling an exterminationist ideology that justified land seizure and violence against Native nations regardless of their allegiance or peaceful practices.