![]() He and his family moved to New York City seeking work. Recognized for his pioneering status as a Native American public figure, William Apes was an astute recorder of a life in between. ![]() An indentured servant, soldier, minister, and activist, Apes lived an uncommonly rich life for someone who died at just 41 years of age. The first published, full-life history written by an Indian is William Apess Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apes, a Native of the Forest (1829). However, he came to see things differently than the tribal elders. A Son of the Forest (1829) is an autobiography by William Apes. A Son of the Forest (1829) is an autobiography by William Apes. He continued working for native peoples of various tribes, including the Mashspee Wampanoag. The book was one of the first Native American autobiographies published, written partly to protest President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policies. The year he published this book he was ordained as a (Protestant) Methodist minister. He attended Methodist meetings and was baptized in 1818. After the war he worked a few jobs in Canada, then returned to his mother's people. While in service he became an alcoholic and suffered with the disease for the rest of his life. His indenture was sold a couple times, but he eventually ran away at 15 and joined a militia unit, fighting in the War of 1812. Living in Euro-American society he was exposed to Christianity, which gave him much comfort. Son of the Forest Critical Analysis The autobiography of William Apess, Son of the Forest, was the first autobiography of a Native American. It took him a year to recover from the physical damage of the abuse. A Son of the Forest by William Apess, 9781372506772, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. ![]() He culturally identified with his mother's native people, even though he grew up an indentured servant in a white family, having been removed from his mother's parents where he was living after his parents separated, because of their abuse and alcoholism. William Apess was mixed-race Pequod and European American. 24mo, rebound in half-leather over marbled paper, 216 pp. ![]() Comprising a Notice of the Pequod Tribe of Indians. A Son of the Forest, The Experience of William Apes, a Native of the Forest. After becoming ordained as a Methodist minister in 1829, he published his autobiography the same year. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Apes (Apess), William (1798-1839). William Apess (1798-1839) (also William Apes before 1837), was an ordained Methodist minister, writer, and activist of mixed-race descent, who was a political and religious leader in Massachusetts. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. His tribe’s relation to nature seems to still be strong from what I can tell from the text, but William himself is the poster child for the beginning of the destruction of an entire people’s way of life. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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