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Henry Hudson's crew abandoned him because they were angry because the ship had been frozen in the river duroing the winter and was running low or out of food. They couldn't kill him (a mutiny) because his young son was with them and if they didn't kill him, too, then Hudson's son would tell everyone that they had killed his father. They really didn't want to kill a child- would you?

So the crew solved this problem by sending Hudson, his son, and a few loyal sailors off in a little boat. They were never seen again, and the crew was arrested when they returned to Europe

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