Education
Because of the young Massachusett's man's intelligence and ability to speak English, Eliot arranged for Sassamon to take classes at Harvard College in 1653. This was two years before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in partnership with Harvard, founded a special "Indian College" there. It is not known how long Sassamon stayed at Harvard; he may have studied alongside young Puritan men such as Increase Mather, Samuel Bradstreet, and John Eliot, Jr.
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