Talent Historical Society
View Cart
|
My Account
|
Login
Order by phone call 541-512-8838
Saturday - Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Talent Historical Society Museum is currently closed because of Covid-19. We check for phone messages regularly.
Home
About Us
Help
Contact Us
Clothing
Accessories
Youth
Women's
Men's
Talent Tomatoes
1 Gal
4" pots
Talent Tomato Home Delivery
Talent Tomato Seeds
Media and Literature
Books
Donations
Memberships
Miscellaneous
Photographs
Home
>
Books
>
Oregon Outcast - John Beeson's Struggle for Justice for the Indians, 1853-1889
Oregon Outcast by Jan Wright
Alternative Views:
Our Price:
$
19.99
Quantity in Stock:20
Availability::
Usually Ships in 2 to 3 Business Days
Product Code:
BK08Q
Qty:
Description
During his lifetime, John Beeson (1801-1889) was called the Indian Apostle, Father Beeson, the Alpha and Omega of the Indian cause, a monomaniac, a depraved liar, vile, fanatical, and venerable. Because of his insistence on justice for the Indians, he was politically disqualified for residency in Territorial Oregon. Threatened by newspaper editors, clergymen, volunteer Indian fighters, and government officials, he was compelled to leave his home and family for his own safety. He found his way to New York City, where in 1857 he published
A Plea for the Indians
, a book that exposed the white man's inability to apply reason and compassion when there was land to be obtained, and money to be made. From his East Coast base, he walked up the steps of state houses, had tea with governors and congressmen, stood at the podium of many a church and shouted from his soap box to catch the attention of reformers such as Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Belva Lockwood, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln. A practicing spiritualist and pacifist, he was branded as an outsider and ridiculed in the press during his lifetime, yet his passion for justice and human rights in the face of adversity still resonate today.
Related Items
John Beeson's Ghost by Thomas Doty
Cherished Memories - The Anderson Story by Dorothy Vore
Doty Meets Coyote
Generations of Talented Cooks
Our Price:
$3.00
Our Price:
$7.00
Our Price:
$14.95
Our Price:
$5.00
Talent, Oregon - The Almeda Fire
Talent Historical Society Cookbook
Images of America - Talent by Jan Wright of the Talent Historical Society
Our Price:
$25.00
Our Price:
$3.00
Our Price:
$21.00