Records of the Moravians among the Cherokees / C. Daniel Crews, Richard W. Starbuck, editors.

In the mid-eighteenth century, members of the Moravian Church, which had its origins in Central Europe, began conducting mission work among the Cherokee people. Their archives, now housed in North Carolina, include valuable records of their contact with the Cherokees. Drawing from these archives, th...

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Other Authors: Crews, C. Daniel (Editor), Starbuck, Richard W. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Tahlequah, Oklahoma : Cherokee National Press, [2010]-<[2017]>
Tahlequa, Oklahoma : Cherokee Heritage Press
Subjects:
Moravian Church > Missions > Southern States > History > Sources.
Moravian Church.
Cherokee people > Missions > History > Sources.
Cherokee Indians > Missions.
Missions.
Southern States > Church history > Sources.
Southern States.
Church history.
History.
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Church history.
History.
Physical Description:volumes <1-7> : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • V. 1. Early contact and the establishment of the first mission, 1752-1802
  • v. 2. Beginnings of the mission and establishment of the school, 1802-1805
  • v. 3. The Anna Rosina years, part 1 : success in school and mission, 1805-1810
  • v. 4. The Anna Rosina years, part 2 : warfare on the horizon, 1810-1816
  • v. 5. The Anna Rosina years, part 3 : farewell to Sister Gambold, 1817-1821
  • v. 6. March to removal, part 1 : safe in ancestral homeland
  • v. 7. March to removal, part 2 : death in the land and mission, 1825-1827.