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Richard Henry Pratt

United States Army officer

Brigadier-GeneralRichard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924)[1] was a United States Army officer who founded and was longtime superintendent of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Pratt is associated with the first recorded use of the word "racism," which he used in 1902 to criticize racial segregation in the United States.

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    • He is also known for using the phrase "kill the Indian, save the man" in reference to the ethos of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and efforts to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into white American culture.[2] He led Fort Marion in St.

    Augustine, Florida where members of indigenous tribes were held.

    Early life

    Pratt was born on December 6, 1840, in Rushford, New York, to Richard and Mary Pratt (née Herrick). He was the eldest of their three sons.

    He contracted smallpox as a young child, and had lifelong facial scarring as a result. In