Henry Benjamin Whipple

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Henry Benjamin Whipple was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop best known for his advocacy for Native American rights and humanitarian reforms.

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instanceOf Christian bishop
Episcopal bishop
Native American rights activist
abolitionist
human
advocatedFor Sioux people
surface form: Dakota (Sioux) people

White Earth Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe people
burialPlace Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, Faribault, Minnesota
consecrationDate 1859-10-13
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1822-02-15
dateOfDeath 1901-09-16
diocese Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
educatedAt Oberlin College
familyName Whipple
founded Bishop Seabury Mission in Faribault
Seabury Divinity School
Shattuck-St. Mary's
surface form: Shattuck School

St. Mary’s School for Girls (Faribault)
givenName Henry
hasDenomination Episcopal Church
surface form: Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
knownFor advocacy for Native American rights
humanitarian reforms in U.S. Indian policy
intervention after the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
opposition to corruption in the Indian system
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Episcopal Church
surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
middleName Benjamin
notableWork Evangelical Catholic Papers
Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate
The Early Days of My Episcopate
occupation author
bishop
clergyman
ordainedAs deacon in the Episcopal Church
priest in the Episcopal Church
participantIn Dakota War of 1862
surface form: U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 (as advocate for Dakota prisoners)
placeOfBirth Adams, New York
placeOfDeath Faribault, Minnesota
positionHeld Bishop of Minnesota
first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota
religion Anglicanism
residence Faribault, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
surface form: Saint Paul, Minnesota
sexOrGender male
soughtPardonFor Dakota men condemned after the 1862 conflict
spouse Cornelia Wright
Evangelist W. Whipple (second wife, commonly known as Evangeline Whipple)
wroteTo Abraham Lincoln

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Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota firstBishop Henry Benjamin Whipple