Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples: Long Island Native Americans and Missionaries

The fourth event in our WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples. In Dr. Linford Fisher’s book, The Indian Great Awakening, he discusses Native religious engagement, and how essential it is in understanding Native’s involvement in the Great Awakening. By August 1741, Azariah Horton, born in Southold was employed as a missionary by the Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SSPCK). He set out from Jamaica for Montauk preaching to numerous Native American clusters along the South Shore. Fisher will introduce a few lay ministers, exhorters, and educators such as, Paul Cuffee, Cyrus Charles, Peter John, Sampson Occom, and more, as he presents the missionaries serving the Long Island Native American community.