Samuel F. Tappan, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel F. Tappan
Union Army officer
Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1831
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1913
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Samuel F. Tappan
- Samuel Forster Tappan (June 29, 1831 – January 6, 1913) was an American journalist, military officer, abolitionist and a Native American rights activist.
- Appointed as a member of the Indian Peace Commission in 1867 to reach peace with the Plains Indians, he advocated self-determination for native tribes.
- He proposed the federal government replace military jurisdiction over tribal matters with a form of civil law on reservations, applied by the tribes themselves.
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