Talk:William Apess

Reaction to IRA?
"Written at least partly in reaction to President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act" - seems not precise. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 (as well as Jackson's "State of the Union" speech of December 8, 1829) came after Apess book was published in 1829 (so it was written even before Jackson became a President). Anyway, Jackson and others suggested and supported Indian removal in 1924 and 1928 election campaigns. So, I can suggest: "It was written at least partly in reaction to the opinions of Andrew Jackson and other advocates of Indian removal and was published just months before President Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830". Cien (talk) 11:10, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Version of name
Why is the article spelled "Apess" when his own autobiography had his name spelled as "Apes"?Parkwells (talk) 02:16, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * The answer is in Barry O'Connell's Afterword to his edition of On Our Own Ground; Apes/Apess made the change himself in an 1837 edition of his book, so it was his preference. Good to know. Parkwells (talk) 02:24, 27 May 2012 (UTC)