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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Ann Levine.

In 1741, Moravians, a sect of German pietists established a settlement in Pennsylvania which became the principal religious and administrative center for the Moravian Church in North America. Moravian missionaries soon traveled to nearby Native American communities including Otstonwakin, a 18th century multinational village along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Madame Montour served as a frontier diplomat and go-between at Otstonwakin and hosted a succession of visitors into her home...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Geoffrey R Hughes.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "A Tribute to the Legacy of Leland Ferguson: A Journey From Uncommon Ground to God's Fields", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In God’s Fields (2011) Leland Ferguson examined the interplay between religion, race, and landscape in the Moravian town of Salem, North Carolina. In doing so, he highlighted the vital role of faith in social life. By examining cultural change vis-à-vis race and landscape in a...