biography
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Whipple, Henry Benjamin
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| lived:
| (1822–1901)
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| biography:
| Episcopal bishop and Indian advocate, born in Adams, New York, USA. Ordained in 1850 after a brief career as a merchant, he held rectorships in New York, Florida, and Illinois before becoming Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota (1859). He established missions among the Indians, who called him Straight Tongue, and spoke out for more civilized treatment of the tribes. After the 1862 uprising of the Minnesota Sioux, he convinced President Lincoln to commute death sentences of more than 300 (but 38 Sioux were hanged). In his last years he was presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church. |
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