LEADER 04083nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910817871803321 005 20240416155031.0 010 $a0-674-07349-5 010 $a0-674-07347-9 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674073470 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039374 035 $a(EBL)3301246 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11447808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898198 035 $a(PQKB)10318217 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301246 035 $a(DE-B1597)209801 035 $a(OCoLC)831669306 035 $a(OCoLC)979629184 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674073470 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301246 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678055 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039374 100 $a20120912d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNative apostles $eBlack and Indian missionaries in the British Atlantic world /$fEdward E. Andrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07246-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aApostles to the Indians -- The expansion of the indigenous missionary enterprise -- Slave preachers and Indian separatism -- A Black among Blacks -- Native evangelists in the Iroquoian borderlands -- Afro-Christian evangelism and Indian missions. 330 $aAs Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most evangelists were not white Anglo-Americans, as scholars have long assumed, but members of the same groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles offers one of the most significant untold stories in the history of early modern religious encounters, marshalling wide-ranging research to shed light on the crucial role of Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves in Protestant missionary work. The result is a pioneering view of religion's spread through the colonial world. From New England to the Caribbean, the Carolinas to Africa, Iroquoia to India, Protestant missions relied on long-forgotten native evangelists, who often outnumbered their white counterparts. Their ability to tap into existing networks of kinship and translate between white missionaries and potential converts made them invaluable assets and potent middlemen. Though often poor and ostracized by both whites and their own people, these diverse evangelists worked to redefine Christianity and address the challenges of slavery, dispossession, and European settlement. Far from being advocates for empire, their position as cultural intermediaries gave native apostles unique opportunities to challenge colonialism, situate indigenous peoples within a longer history of Christian brotherhood, and harness scripture to secure a place for themselves and their followers. Native Apostles shows that John Eliot, Eleazar Wheelock, and other well-known Anglo-American missionaries must now share the historical stage with the black and Indian evangelists named Hiacoomes, Good Peter, Philip Quaque, John Quamine, and many more. 606 $aMissions$xHistory 606 $aIndigenous peoples 606 $aMissionaries 606 $aAfrican American missionaries 606 $aBritish$zAtlantic Ocean Region$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory 615 0$aMissions$xHistory. 615 0$aIndigenous peoples. 615 0$aMissionaries. 615 0$aAfrican American missionaries. 615 0$aBritish$xHistory. 676 $a266.0089/960171241 700 $aAndrews$b Edward E.$f1979-$01701381 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817871803321 996 $aNative apostles$94085067 997 $aUNINA