Record #:

17281

Author(s):

Sensbach, Jon F.

Abstract:

The German religious immigrants known as the Moravians, settled in North Carolina in and around what is now the city of Winston-Salem. Although some groups struggled with the institution of slavery, the Moravians took enslaved Africans and baptized them into the church, allowing them to work, live, and worship together in close quarters.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 51 Issue 2, Spring 2012, p31-33, f

Subject(s):

Moravians--Slavery

Record #:

21163

Author(s):

Africa, Philip

Abstract:

Between the founding of Salem in 1771 as a Moravian community and the outbreak of Civil War, community attitudes went through a transition. The communal sense of 'gemeinschaft' slowly changed during the 19th century to a more business-like attitude of 'gesellschaft.' Secular pressures eroded opposition to slavery on religious and moral grounds, and by the 1850s Moravians came to regard slaves not as persons but as property.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 3, July 1977, p271-307, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians--Slavery