Background
She was born on August 12, 1762 in Salem, Massachussets, United Sattes, and spent her entire life there. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (White) Elkins.
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Remarks on the "Tour Around Hawaii," by the Missionaries, Messrs. Ellis, Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, in 1823
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Conversations Principally On The Aborigines Of North America (1828)
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Elizabeth Elkins Sanders
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In 1828 she published, anonymously, Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North America, a little volume in the form of talks between a mother and her children, setting forth her views on the lack of justice and humanity with which the Creeks had been treated by General Jackson.
The following year, in a somewhat similar volume entitled The First Settlers of New-England, she dealt with the conquest of other tribes. In this book she elaborated her statements concerning the unchristian conduct of the usurpers toward the natives, and contended that while wrongs at home remained unredressed it was absurd to expend vast sums to maintain missions in foreign lands. This disapproval of foreign missions found further expression in magazine articles, later published in pamphlet form as A Tract on Missions (1844), The Second Part of the Tract on Missions (1845), and Remarks on the "Tour Around Hawaii, " by the Missionaries, Messrs. Ellis, Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, in 1823 (1848).
Besides her controversial works she published one other volume, Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella, ' and of Campbell's 'Lectures on Poetry' (1841).
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Mrs. Sanders took an active part in all movements for bettering the condition of the unfortunate or the oppressed. She gave liberally of her wealth, and frequently contributed to local papers articles approving prison reform, measures for reclaiming delinquents, and greater educational opportunities for the poor. She lent her aid also to the health reformers, and protested against doctors who were too liberal in their use of drugs. Her most ardent championship, however, was reserved for the cause of the American Indians. Her famous works: "Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North America", "The First Settlers of New-England", "Reviews of a Part of Prescott's History of Ferdinand and Isabella and of Campbell's 'Lectures on Poetry" and others.
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Remarks on the "Tour Around Hawaii," by the Missionaries, Messrs. Ellis, Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, in 1823
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Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of Campbell's 'Lectures on
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Conversations Principally On The Aborigines Of North America (1828)
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Remarks on the "Tour Around Hawaii," by the Missionaries, Messrs. Ellis, Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, in 1823
Religion
As a stanch Unitarian she was especially indignant with those who carried "the appalling dogmas of Calvinism" to virtuous and happy Polynesians.
Views
Influenced by the writings of Charlevoix and of William Bartram she argued that the simplicity of primitive races was especially favorable to the development of lofty sentiments, and urged more considerate treatment of all Indians.
Mrs. Sanders insisted in her works that missionaries to heathen lands accomplished no good results. She praised Melville's Typee (1846) for revealing the "scandalous and wicked transactions" of missionaries in the Sandwich Islands, and defended it against critics.
Personality
She was praised for her powers of mind and magnanimous spirit. She devoted her leisure to wide reading.
Quotes from others about the person
She was called "our most delightful old lady" by a writer on Salem life (Silsbee, post, p. 95).
Connections
On Apr. 28, 1782, she married Thomas Sanders. In a handsome house on Chestnut Street she reared her two sons and three daughters, dispensed hospitality. The elder son, Charles, is remembered at Harvard University as the donor of Sanders Theatre.
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Unitarian