History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0905 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Missionaries
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The idea
The Reverend Josiah Strong's book Our Country of eighteen eighty-five helped inspire missionaries to carry American Protestantism abroad, especially to Asia.
In practice
Missionary societies sending workers under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Where people slip
Women made up more than sixty percent of the missionary force by eighteen seventy, the anchor says. Faith and commerce travelled together.
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