Samson Occom
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Samson Occom was a Mohegan clergyman and writer born near New London, Connecticut who converted to Presbyterianism and became a cleric. Occom was the second Native American to publish his writings in
1768 engraving of Occom by Jonathan Spilsbury after a Mason Chamberlin portrait
Occom's Mohegan home, by John W. Barber
Memorial to Samson Occom, Moor's Charity School, Columbia, CT
Baker Library
Uncas
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Uncas was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.
Samson Occom
…Native American communities with Christianized European culture. Born to Joshua Tomacham and his wife Sarah, Occom is believed to be a descendant of Uncas, the notable Mohegan chief. According to his autobiography, at the age of 16 or 17, Occom heard the teachings of Christian evangelical preachers in the…
An 1874 illustration of Uncas killing Miantonomoh in 1643
Document Signed by Uncas and His Squaw
Document signed by Uncas and his wife
A 1905 postcard featuring a photo of the Uncas monument in Norwich, Connecticut laid by U.S. President Andrew Jackson