Cherokees and Missionaries, 1789-1839

by William Gerald McLoughlin and William Gerald McCloughlin

Book Overview

In 1789 Washington's administration announced that American Indians would receive equal citizenship as soon as they were "civilized and Christianized". William McLoughlin describes the crucial role missionaries played in the acculturation and "Americanization" of the Cherokee Indians from 1789 to 1839. He compares the methods, successes, and failures of the Moravians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists among the Cherokees...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300030754
• ISBN13: 9780300030754
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.