Samson Occom

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Samson Occom was an 18th-century Mohegan minister, educator, and one of the first Native American writers to publish in English, known for his influential role in early Native American Christian missions and education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian minister
Mohegan
Native American writer
educator
person
advocatedFor education for Native Americans
fair treatment of Native Americans by colonial authorities
associatedWith Eleazar Wheelock’s Indian charity school NERFINISHED
Mohegan tribe NERFINISHED
Presbyterian Church NERFINISHED
burialPlace New Stockbridge, New York NERFINISHED
convertedToReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Colonial America NERFINISHED
Great Britain NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship British America NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1723-00-00
dateOfDeath 1792-07-14
educatedAt Eleazar Wheelock’s school in Lebanon, Connecticut NERFINISHED
ethnicity Mohegan NERFINISHED
Native American
genre autobiographical writing
religious writing
sermon
hasRole Mohegan tribal leader in religious matters
influenced development of Native American literature in English
early Native American Christian communities
knownFor being one of the first Native American writers to publish in English
early Native American Christian missions
promoting education among Native Americans
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Great Awakening NERFINISHED
notableWork A Sermon, Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian NERFINISHED
occupation educator
minister
missionary
preacher
writer
participatedIn fundraising tour in Great Britain for Eleazar Wheelock’s Indian charity school
placeOfBirth Mohegan territory, near New London, Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New Stockbridge, New York NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
studentOf Eleazar Wheelock NERFINISHED
wrote A Sermon, Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian
A Short Narrative of My Life NERFINISHED
hymns
letters
religious tracts

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Eleazar Wheelock notableStudent Samson Occom
Eleazar Wheelock associatedWith Samson Occom