Living A Life As An Indian
Samson Occom lived a very fulfilling life. He has been many places and has helped people. Being Indian and doing the many things he has is quite an accomplishment. Occom lived during the Enlightenment Period and one may believe that his life as a minister coincides with many aspects of the period of time he lived in.
Samson Occom was a member of the Pequot tribe. As he became older, he also became very religious. Occom's autobiography that he has written is very short but it is also very detailed. His autobiography shows his life as he struggled to live it as a "poor Indian". As stated in the Occom's introduction, this autobiography shows Occom's, and possibly other rural Indian ministers, day to day life in the eighteenth century. The Enlightenment Period was said to be a period of clarifying many aspects of life during this time. The word enlightenment means to "clean up" and many feel that this period has done so. There were many problems going on during this period, mainly......
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