The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America

Importance of Dartmouth College

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Reverend EleazarWheelock founded the Moor's Indian Charity School in 1754, which in 1769 moved to Hanover, New Hampshire to become Dartmouth College. Dartmouth was one of several institutions designed to "civilize" and educate Indians, which included a conversion to Christianity.