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“The Moravian ladies (Mrs. Richter, Mrs. Olufsen, and Mrs. Sauter) taught me to read in the class; and I got on very fast. In this class there were all sorts of people, old and young, grey headed folks and children; but most of them were free people.”

—Mary Prince, 17

 

"After a while I was admitted a candidate for the holy Communion"

—Mary Prince, 17

 

Historical Significance

 

How is Antigua’s Spring Gardens Moravian Mission historically significant to the story of Mary Prince?

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EXTENDED READING: Sensbach, Jon F. Rebecca’s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. Rebecca’s Revival is the story of Rebecca Protten, a Caribbean woman and a slave who became a Moravian evangelist, and who helped to inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world.

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This image is of Spring Gardens Moravian Mission at St. John's, Antigua. It was engraved by Johann Heinrich Stobwafser, the son of a Moravian minister stationed at Spring Gardens. It is based on Johann's time at Spring Gardens, circa 1822. Mary Prince was a member of the Spring Gardens congregation by 1819, at the latest. The image is provided courtesy of John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

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