Samson Occom
Samson Occom (1723 – July 14, 1792; also misspelled as
Occum and
Alcom}}) was a member of the
Mohegan nation, from near
New London, Connecticut, who became a
Presbyterian cleric. Occom was the second Native American to publish his writings in English (after son-in-law Joseph Johnson (Mohegan/Brothertown) whose letter to Moses Paul, published April 1772, preceded Occom's by 6 months), the first Native American to write down
his autobiography, and also helped found several settlements, including what ultimately became known as the
Brothertown Indians. Together with the missionary
John Eliot, Occom became one of the foremost missionaries who cross-fertilised Native American communities with Christianized European culture.
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