The Heathen School a story of hope and betrayal in the age of the early Republic
"The astonishing story of a unique missionary project-- and the America it embodied-- from historian John Demos. Near the start of the nineteenth century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers formed a grand scheme for g...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Beginnings. American outreach : the China trade ; "Providence unquestionably cast them on our shores"
- Hawaii
- Ascent. American mission : the world savers ; "A seminary for the education of heathen youth"
- Cornwall
- Crisis. American paradox : the indelible color line ; "So much excitement and disgust throughout our county"
- The Cherokee Nation
- Finale. American tragedy : renascence and removal ; "Even the stoutest hearts melt into tears."
