Episode 4

God in the Frontier (Episode 2) - New York: An Old Land, A New Frontier

Published on: 1st April, 2023

How did one of the most powerful Native American confederations of the Americas give way to European and US encroachment? And how did Christians feel about this shift of power? In this episode we are introduced to the New York frontier and how a little remembered campaign of total destruction - the Sullivan Expedition - led to the fall of Haudenosaunee land. Using local history books we discover how the land companies of the early New York frontier cheated local tribes for their land, what role Christianity played, and native feelings on the encroaching religion. And we are also introduced to one of the earliest upstate religious leaders of New York - the eccentric Public Universal Friend. (2/12)

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Robert Thuerck is a Special Education teacher in Western New York with an undergrad in English Education. He specializes in crisis prevention and has a history of working with students in alternative education placements who didn't find success in mainstream schooling. In his free time he has researched and written about a myriad of topics which resulted in the independent project of No Character Limit.