Moor’s Indian Charity School
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Moor’s Indian Charity School was an 18th-century New England institution established to educate Native American youth in Christian and European traditions, later serving as the precursor to Dartmouth College.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial American school
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missionary school ⓘ precursor institution ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleazar Wheelock’s missionary efforts
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Great Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | British America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolishedDate | 1769 ⓘ |
| educationalFocus |
Christian theology
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English language ⓘ European customs and manners ⓘ classical education ⓘ |
| educationalLevel |
primary education
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secondary education ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy |
Christianization of Indigenous peoples
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cultural assimilation of Native Americans ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eleazar Wheelock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderName | Eleazar Wheelock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOccupation | Congregational minister ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1754 ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
charitable contributions from English evangelicals
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donations from New England colonists ⓘ fundraising in Great Britain ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1754 ⓘ |
| influenced | founding charter of Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
contributed to the establishment of an Ivy League institution
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example of colonial missionary education for Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lebanon, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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New England ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Dartmouth College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Joseph Brant
NERFINISHED
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Samson Occom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Dartmouth College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
Christian missionary training
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assimilation into European colonial culture ⓘ education of Native American youth ⓘ |
| regionServed | British colonies in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Congregationalism
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Protestantism ⓘ |
| studentPopulation |
Native American boys
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a small number of white students ⓘ some Native American girls ⓘ |
| successorInstitution | Dartmouth College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Native American communities in New England
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Native American communities in the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ |
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