On our own ground : the complete writings of William Apess, a Pequot / edited and with an introduction by Barry O'Connell.

By:

Apess, William, 1798-1839

Contributor(s):

O'Connell, Barry, 1943-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Native Americans of the NortheastPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (lxxxi, 344 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585218382
9780585218380
1122053134
9781122053136

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Works. 1992

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: On our own ground.DDC classification:

974/.00497 20

LOC classification:

E78.N5 A64 1992eb

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HT 3330

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Contents:

A son of the forest -- The increase of the Kingdom of Christ: a sermon and The Indians: the ten lost tribes -- The experiences of five Christian Indians of the Pequot tribe -- Indian nullification of the unconstitutional laws of Massachusetts relative to the Marshpee tribe; or, The pretended riot explained -- Eulogy on King Philip, as pronounced at the Odeon, in Federal Street, Boston.

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Summary: This book brings together all of the known writings of William Apess, a Native American of mixed Pequot and white parentage who fought for the United States in the War of 1812, became a Methodist minister in 1829, and championed the rights of the Mashpee tribe on Cape Cod in the 1830's. Apess's A Son of the Forest, originally published in 1829, was the first extended autobiography by an American Indian. Readable and engaging, it is not only a rare statement by a Native American, but also an unusually full document in the history of New England native peoples. Another piece in the collection, The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequo[d] Tribe (1833), concludes with an eloquent and unprecedented attack on Euro-American racism entitled "An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man." Also included are Apess's account of the "Mashpee Revolt" of 1833-34, when the Native Americans of Mashpee petitioned the government of Massachusetts for the right to elect their own representatives, and his Eulogy on King Philip, an address delivered in Boston in 1836 to mark the 160th anniversary of King Philip's War. In his extensive introduction to the volume, Barry O'Connell reconstructs the story of Apess's life, situates him in the context of early nineteenth-century Pequot society, and interprets his writings both as a literary act and as an expression of emerging Native American politics.

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This book brings together all of the known writings of William Apess, a Native American of mixed Pequot and white parentage who fought for the United States in the War of 1812, became a Methodist minister in 1829, and championed the rights of the Mashpee tribe on Cape Cod in the 1830's. Apess's A Son of the Forest, originally published in 1829, was the first extended autobiography by an American Indian. Readable and engaging, it is not only a rare statement by a Native American, but also an unusually full document in the history of New England native peoples. Another piece in the collection, The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequo[d] Tribe (1833), concludes with an eloquent and unprecedented attack on Euro-American racism entitled "An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man." Also included are Apess's account of the "Mashpee Revolt" of 1833-34, when the Native Americans of Mashpee petitioned the government of Massachusetts for the right to elect their own representatives, and his Eulogy on King Philip, an address delivered in Boston in 1836 to mark the 160th anniversary of King Philip's War. In his extensive introduction to the volume, Barry O'Connell reconstructs the story of Apess's life, situates him in the context of early nineteenth-century Pequot society, and interprets his writings both as a literary act and as an expression of emerging Native American politics.

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