(Dis)armed friendship: impacts of colonial ideology on early Quaker attitudes toward American Indians
Quakers' early relations with American Indians (especially the Lenne Lenape, later known as the Delaware Indians) were generally positive. Core Quaker principles were simplicity, integrity, equality and peace - principles that could coincide well with those of the similarly egalitarian Lenne Le...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Subtitles: | Disarmed friendship |
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
North America
/ Indians
/ Quakers
/ Colonialism
/ Ideology
/ History 1656-1899
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BR Ancient religions of the Americas CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDG Free church |
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| Summary: | Quakers' early relations with American Indians (especially the Lenne Lenape, later known as the Delaware Indians) were generally positive. Core Quaker principles were simplicity, integrity, equality and peace - principles that could coincide well with those of the similarly egalitarian Lenne Lenape, who had been designated peacekeepers by the Iroquois Confederacy. Although the relationship was different than that of other settlers and American Indians, it was still suffused with colonial ideology. From the founding of Pennsylvania to the period of Grant's 'Peace Policy', Quakers had to negotiate two wars and changing attitudes to North American Indians by American Presidents and government. The paper focuses on corresponding shifts in Quaker attitudes and policies. Our interest is in Quaker responses to Native Americans over time, finding that Quakers became increasingly distanced from the Indians and focused on acculturation. In their zeal to become acceptable to American Governments and through that, assist Native Americans, Quakers had, in fact, assimilated themselves. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2015.1083452 |