Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England

"Long out of print, this account reveals one of the most unusual actors to step on stage in the eighteenth-century American colonies. Mohegan yet Christian, a native speaker of Mohegan and fluent in English - and literate in Greek, Latin, and French - Occom strode across the cultures of his time and place.". "Occom was man passionate about his advocacy for Native Americans in education and religious training. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he was a spiritual and educational broker among cultures immersed in an era of tumultuous change. As a businessman, he secured the funding necessary fo…