Race Relations

Using a section from Ape's Indian Nullification as a base, this document shows the revisions an unknown author made in a subsequent printing. To see the comparison, click on the Annotated Transcription link on the right.

The request of a large part of the Mashpee tribe to dismiss Phineas Fish and have access to Harvard's Indian fund

James Walker's questions regarding Mashpee, Herring Pond, and Martha's Vineyard, with partial replies

List of Mashpee voters in favor of or against Phineas Fish, with another list of Indian families at Christiantown

Correspondence offering Hallett's perspective of the Mashpee controversy with Rev. Phineas Fish

A second revised printing of a section from William Apes' Indian Nullification

An evaluation of the state of affairs at Mashpee with respect to the spending of the Williams Fund

A response to Walker's questions about Fish's missionary work to the Mashpee and their open rebellion again him

A letter from Phineas Fish regarding the charges against him, the condition of the Mashpee, and the policies of William Apes

A request of Samuel Abraham, Sr., a Natick Indian, asking permission to sell some land in order to build a house, stating that he is "weary of living in a wigwam"