John Douglas Bemo (1824?–1890) was a Seminole Presbyterian and Baptist missionary. He was the son of a chief and nephew of Osceola. In 1834 he was kidnapped and pressed into service as a sailor for the next eight years. In 1842 he met the pastor of the Mariner's Church in Philadelphia who arranged for his education and return to the Seminole in 1843.[1]
References
- ^ Foreman, Grant (1934). The Five civilized tribes. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0923-8.
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Further reading
- J. Y. Bryce, ed., "About Some of Our First Schools in Choctaw Nation," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 6 (September 1928).
- Foreman, Grant (1934). The Five civilized tribes. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0923-8.
- Jack M. Schultz, The Seminole Baptist Churches of Oklahoma: Maintaining a Traditional Community (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999).
- Michael Welsh, "The Missionary Spirit: Protestantism Among the Oklahoma Seminoles, 1942-1885," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 61 (Spring 1983).
- Patricia R. Wickman, Osceola's Legacy (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991).
- McReynolds, Edwin (1957). The Seminoles. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1255-7.
- Schultz, Jack (1999). The Seminole Baptist churches of Oklahoma: maintaining a traditional community. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3117-9.
- Wright, James (1986). Creeks & Seminoles: the destruction and regeneration of the Muscogulge people. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9728-9.
- Annual report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, in the United Statesof America, Volumes 10-16. Published for the Board. 1850.
- The Friend, Volume 75. The Friend. 1902.