es , ▁and ▁Tas quant um , ▁whom ▁I ▁seized ▁upon , ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁of ▁one ▁Nation , ▁but ▁of ▁sever all ▁parts , ▁and ▁sever all ▁Famil ies ; ▁This ▁accident ▁must ▁be ▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁mean es ▁under ▁God ▁of ▁putting ▁on ▁fo ote , ▁and ▁giving ▁life ▁to ▁all ▁our ▁Plant ations ▁.... ▁ ▁Circ um st ant ial ▁evidence ▁makes ▁nearly ▁impossible ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁S qu anto ▁among ▁the ▁three ▁taken ▁by ▁G org es , ▁and ▁no ▁modern ▁historian ▁ent ert ains ▁this ▁as ▁fact . ▁The ▁ab du ctions ▁were ▁an ▁intent ional ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁entrepr ene urs . ▁The ▁ab du ction ▁of ▁N atives ▁became ▁a ▁regular ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁colonial ▁enter prise . ▁G org es , ▁chief ▁among ▁the ▁entrepr ene urs , ▁wanted ▁to ▁impress ▁on ▁the ▁N atives ▁the ▁superior ity ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁technology ▁and ▁military ▁might ▁that ▁would ▁back ▁colon ists , ▁and ▁the ▁colonial ▁entrepr ene urs ▁wanted ▁to ▁learn ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁they ▁could ▁ ▁from ▁their ▁capt ives ▁about ▁the ▁lands ▁and ▁pe op les ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁World . ▁And ▁they ▁displayed ▁their ▁vict ims ▁prom in ently ▁to ▁attract ▁finan cing ▁and ▁public ▁support ▁for ▁their ▁commercial ▁project . ▁It ▁is ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand ▁how ▁they ▁continued ▁the ▁policy ▁after ▁the ▁experience ▁with ▁these ▁first ▁capt ives . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁capt ives , ▁Man edo ▁and ▁S assa com it , ▁were ▁sent ▁back ▁with