William Apess
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title:
William Apess
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William Apess, was a Methodist minister, writer, and activist of mixed-race descent. Apess spent most of his career in New England. In 1829 he published A Son of the Forest, one of the first autobiographies by a Native American writer. Apess was part Pequot by descent, especially through his mother's family, and identified with their culture. Later in life, he was adopted by the Mashpee tribe. In recent decades, Apess's works have been frequently anthologized in collections of American literatur
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Pequot author and Methodist preacher (1798–1839)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Apess
date created:
2006-03-31T15:43:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:06:07Z
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