Remarks by Jon Sensbach, Professor, Department of History, University of Florida
Channel: WFU Humanities Institute
Date: 2020-10-09

Saturday morning panel of the online conference, "Becoming American: Moravians and Their Neighbors, 1772-1822," hosted by Wake Forest University. Remarks by Jon Sensbach, Professor, Department of History, University of Florida.

The years 1772 – 1822 encompass fifty years of Moravian-influenced change in Wachovia. During this pivotal time, a dynamic exchange of cultural, religious, and social practices between Moravians and their neighbors—Indigenous, African, and European—engendered a new national character peculiar to Wachovia. The panelists will examine the various modes in which this exchange took place that came to define the cosmopolitan Moravian-American character in North Carolina. Special focus will be placed on African American and Indigenous relationships with Moravians; arts, artisans, and architecture; religion, gender, and economics; and new findings from Moravian archival holdings.