The reformers and the American Indian / Robert Winston Mardock.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Columbia] : University of Missouri Press, 1971.Description: vii, 245 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 0826200907
- 9780826200907
- E93 .M37
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.
The seeds of reform -- Feed them or fight them -- The Humanitarians turn to Indian-policy reform -- The inauguration of the peace policy -- Humanitarian idealism in action -- Civilization or extermination? -- Politics and peace parleys -- Demand for further reform -- The critical years, 1876-1879 -- The Ponca controversy -- A resurgence of reform zeal -- America's conscience is soothed.
The author examines the role of such reformers as Lydia Maria Child, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, and Wendell Phillips on government Indian policy.