Sanders, Elizabeth Elkins (1762–1851)
Sanders, Elizabeth Elkins (1762–1851)
American social critic. Born Aug 12, 1762, in Salem, MA; died Feb 19, 1851, in Salem; dau. of Thomas Elkins and Elizabeth (White) Elkins; m. Thomas Sanders, April 18, 1782; children: 2 sons, 4 daughters.
Anonymously published pamphlet "Conversations, Principally on the Aborigines of North America," critical of Andrew Jackson's actions toward American Indians and overall destruction of Indian culture and society (1828); continued outspoken support of Indians in The First Settlers of New England (1829); spoke out against foreign missions in pamphlet "Tract on Missions" (1844), "Second Part of a Tract on Missions" (1845), and "Remarks on the "Tour around Hawaii," by the Missionaries, Messrs. Ellis, Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich" (1848).
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