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Fragment of Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
said to be where the Pilgrims landed in 1620
Plymouth Rock retains a hold in popular memory as the Pilgrims' stepping-stone in the new world, although it is not mentioned in accounts of their landing until the 1700s. The story of Plymouth Rock often obscures the history of earlier European and British settlements, such as Jamestown, Virginia, as well as the arrival of enslaved Africans as early as 1619. |