"The Untold Legacy of Samson Occom and the Native Missionaries of the Frontier"
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"The Untold Legacy of Samson Occom and the Native Missionaries of the Frontier"
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The American Pulpit
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He converted during the same Great Awakening that filled a Boston field with 20,000 people. He preached to massive crowds across England and Scotland, raising enough money to found what he believed would be a school for his own people. Instead, that money helped found Dartmouth College — and Samson Occom never forgot the betrayal.
This is the story of one of the first Native Americans ordained as a Christian minister in colonial America, and the community he helped build afterward — the Brothertown movement — which still exists today, still seeking the recognition it has been owed for generations.
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This is one of the most overlooked chapters in American faith history. If you'd like to see more stories like it, our companion book is linked below: https://scroggins54.gumroad.com/l/oudlwa
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