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A podcast discussing the history of the Moravians who settled in Wachovia.

Historic Bethabara Park


    • Aug 26, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    They Shall Not Be Forsaken

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 14:58


    Casey and Kait discuss early interactions between Moravians and Native Americans in the South, including the complicated story of their efforts to establish a mission in Indian country. This story begins in the 1730s with the first Moravian missionary efforts in the South and picks up in the 1750s when Moravians first met Cherokees and Native other groups in North Carolina. By 1801, Moravians finally succeeded in establishing the Springplace mission to the Cherokees (in modern-day Georgia)—but the period of 1752–1801 is often overlooked. Bethabara became a major destination for Cherokee leaders, and their interactions with Moravians there were important building blocks in what would later become a close bond. From the Anglo-Cherokee War through the Revolution and beyond, near-constant conflict prevented the Moravians from reaching out to Native people as they had envisioned. With the establishment of Springplace, Moravians in Wachovia were finally able to fulfill some of these goals—though not without further challenges. Bibliography & Further Reading: Bethlehem Digital History Project (multiple articles). Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Two Troubled Souls: An Eighteenth-Century Couple's Spiritual Journey in the Atlantic World. University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Fries, Adelaide L., ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volumes 1-8. McClinton, Rowena. The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, Abridged Edition. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Music (freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Freedom of the Soul but Not the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 15:03


    Casey and Kait discuss some of the Moravians' ideology on race and enslavement during the 1700s and discuss some of the history of enslaved workers and segregation in Wachovia during this time. The Moravians during this time were primarily concerned with “bringing people to salvation through an awareness of Christ,” and that in the world, there was only the saved and unsaved, “a condition upon which skin had no bearing;” however, Moravians also had “little inclination to challenge the ways race was being used to construct massive social inequalities in the emerging Atlantic world,” because they were not really concerned with race as a worldly concept. They denied race in the spiritual realm but affirmed race in the physical world. Within a few years of establishing Bethabara, the Moravians in Wachovia began renting and purchasing enslaved labor. During the first years of the establishment of Wachovia, everyone was educated together and worshipped side-by-side. In the last quarter of the 1770s, especially after the American Revolution, many Brethren began seeing land and enslavement “as their ticket to prosperity,” and segregation within the Wachovia community became more prominent in the community in the 1800s. Bibliography & Further Reading: Africa, Philip. “Slaveholding in the Salem Community, 1771-1851.” The North Carolina Historical Review 54, no. 3 (July 1997): 271–307. Sensbach, Jon. A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Sensbach, Jon. “Race and the Early Moravian Church: A Comparative Perspective.” Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society 31 (2000): 1–10. Ferguson, Leland. God's Fields: Landscape, Religion, and Race in Moravian Wachovia. 1st ed. Cultural Heritage Studies. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2011. Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922. Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume II: 1752-1775. Vol. II. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1925. Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume III: 1776-1779. Vol. III. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1926. Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume VII: 1809-1822. Vol. VII. Raleigh, NC: State Department of Archives and History, 1947. Music (freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    "even the wildest of the men": The Regulator Movement Comes to Bethabara

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 14:37


    Casey and Kait talk about Bethabara during the Regulator Movement, a period of intense political conflict in pre-revolutionary North Carolina. Though the Moravians attempted to keep the peace, Bethabara became a major center of activity for the movement. The “Regulators” organized to regulate corruption in government, which seemed to be steadily increasing in mid-1760s North Carolina. This grassroots reform movement began with debates over land, taxes, and representation, and evolved into a rebellion with the Regulators meeting the Governor in open battle in 1771. The Regulator movement gained a widespread following in the western backcountry, and so the Moravians in Wachovia got caught up in the conflict despite their best efforts to stay out of it. In this episode we'll cover the visits of Regulators to Bethabara, the Moravians' opinion of the Regulators, the Moravians' relationship with Governor William Tryon, the collapse of the movement after the Battle of Alamance, and the encampment of Tryon's militia forces at Bethabara. Bibliography & Further Reading: Bassett, John Spencer. The Regulators of North Carolina (1765–1771). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Fries, Adelaide L., ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volumes 1 & 2. Kars, Marjoleine. Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-revolutionary North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Stewart, Bruce E. Redemption from Tyranny: Herman Husband's American Revolution Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020. Troxler, Carole Watterson. Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2011. Music (freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Friedberg, Friedland, and Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 22:54


    Casey and Kait discuss the development and establishment of three other Moravian congregations in Wachovia in the 1700s. Wachovia went through a great period of growth in the 1750s, 1760s, and 1770s. During this period, three societies in Wachovia were established by those emigrating from the North, especially from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Various issues resulted in populations moving South, and many of these people who came to settle in Wachovia had previous relations with the Moravians. After settling, these societies were established as Moravian congregations. Friedberg: The beginning of Friedberg can be pointed to Adam Spach, a man who was prompted to move to the area from Maryland in the early 1750s after he heard the Moravians preach. Settling near the southern boundary of Wachovia, this society began to quickly develop in the late 1760s to 1770s, with most of the settling families coming from Pennsylvania. Friedberg was established as a Moravian Brethren's congregation around 1773. Friedland: Members of a settlement in Broad Bay, Maine migrated to Wachovia beginning in the late 1760s. Once families arrived in Wachovia, plans quickly developed for the Broad Bay settlers to live on widespread farms a few miles away from Salem on the southeastern boundary of the tract. In 1771, the settlement was officially organized into a society, and the society was established as a congregation around 1780. Hope: The southwest corner of Wachovia was settled in the 1750s by Irish and Germans who had known Moravians in Maryland. Over the next twenty years, English Moravian families in Maryland moved to the area. Around 1780, Hope was established as a congregation. Hope was the predominantly English-speaking congregation in the area, so most outreach to English-speaking neighbors took place at Hope. Bibliography & Further Reading: Crews, C. Daniel, and Richard Starbuck. With Courage for the Future: The Story of the Moravian Church, Southern Province. Winston-Salem, NC: Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, 2002. Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922. Reichel, Levin, The Moravians in North Carolina: An Authentic History. Salem, North Carolina: O. A. Keehln, 1857. Rohrer, S Scott. Hope's Promise: Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry. 1st ed. Religion and American Culture. University of Alabama, 2005. Sensbach, Jon. A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Music (freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Building Wachovia: The Surveyor of Wachovia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 12:49


    Born on September 5, 1717, in Steinbach, Germany, Christian Reuter was born to a wealthy surgeon, but after he dreamt of wealth being a barrier to God’s true mercy, he and his family fell to an extreme level of poverty. The family traveled often, so as a child, Reuter was not able to attend a formal school. His dad attended his studies, teaching him mathematics. Around the age of 14, the young Reuter became apprenticed to Count Franz, a surveyor. After the death of Count Franz, Reuter became an apprentice to Franz’s brother, also a surveyor. After receiving his certification, he completed various contracts in the field, and at the age of 21, he received a commission as Royal Surveyor of Germany. This work took him near Moravian settlements, and this is how his relationship with the Moravian Church began. He eventually felt the need to join them and was received into the church in 1738. Reuter proved to be invaluable to the Moravian Church as he completed surveying work for them in Germany and took on multiple roles in Wachovia: surveyor, forester, superintendent, teacher of arithmetic and geometrical drawing.   Bibliography & Further Reading: Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922.   Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume II: 1752-1775. Vol. II. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1925.    Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume III: 1776-1779. Vol. III. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1926.   Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume VI: 1793-1808. Vol. VI. Raleigh, NC: The North Carolina Historical Commission, 1943.   Griffin, Frances, ed. The Three Forks of Muddy Creek. I. Vol. I. Winston-Salem, NC: Old Salem Incorporated, 1974.  Powell, William, ed. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. 5. Vol. 5. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.   Music (Freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme – Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Building Wachovia: The Father of Salem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 11:33


    Born on February 5, 1721, Friedrich Wilhelm von Marschall was raised in a military household with the expectation that he would join the military; however, he instead went on to join the Moravian Church in 1739. Eventually, he began writing his name using the English spelling and became known as Frederic William Marshall. After joining the Moravian Church, he began to travel to Holland and England in service of the church. In England, Marshall first dealt with matters relating to North Carolina. He showed exceptional skills relating to administration, finance, and ministry, which resulted in him being appointed senior civilis in 1761. This same year, he and his family took their first trip to America, where he supervised financial affairs for the Moravian settlements in Pennsylvania. Two years later, Marshall was appointed agent for the Unity in North Carolina and oeconomus of Wachovia. Arriving in Wachovia late in 1764, Marshall selected the location for the new central town of Wachovia and set to work planning the town of Salem.   Bibliography & Further Reading: Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922.    Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume V: 1784-1792. Vol. V. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1941.    Fries, Adelaide. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume VI: 1793-1808. Vol. VI. Raleigh, NC: The North Carolina Historical Commission, 1943.   Powell, William, ed. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. 4. Vol. 4. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.   Music (Freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme – Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Building Wachovia: The Era of Spangenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 19:38


    Born on July 15, 1704, Augustus Spangenberg spent the first decade of his life raised by his father, a Lutheran minister. His father would pass in 1714, leaving him in poverty. During this time, he lost much of his faith and thought rather poorly of himself. The young Spangenberg went on to attend the University of Jena, where he was taken under the wing of Dr. Buddeus. Under his influence, Spangenberg decided to study theology instead of law like he had planned. While at the University of Jena, Spangenberg became associated with the Moravian Church and Count Zinzendorf. Spangenberg eventually began work with Count Zinzendorf in the Moravian Church. During his lifetime, he led the Moravian Church in expanding in North America, becoming the chief founder of the Moravian Church in the United States, and under his leadership, the church gained respect from universities in Europe. Commissioned by the Unity Elders’ Conference, he wrote an eight-volume work documenting the life of Count Zinzendorf and wrote Idea Fidei Fratrum or “Exposition of the Christian Doctrine,” the doctrine taught in the Moravian Church.   Bibliography & Further Reading: Ledderhose, Karl Friedrich. The Life of Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg: Bishop of the Unity of the Brethren. William Mallalieu and Co., 1855. Clewell, John Henry. History of Wachovia in North Carolina: The Unitas Fratrum or Moravian Church in North Carolina During a Century and a Half, 1752-1902. New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. Hutton, J.E., and M.A. Hutton,  A History of the Moravian Church. Moravian Publication Office, United States of America, 1909. Fries, Adelaide, ed. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I: 1752-1771. Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Print Company, 1922. Crews, C. Daniel, and Richard Starbuck. With Courage for the Future: The Story of the Moravian Church, Southern Province. Winston-Salem, NC: Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, 2002.   Music (Freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme – Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Building Wachovia: The Life of Count Zinzendorf

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 13:55


    Born on May 26, 1700, Nikolaus Ludwig, Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, was raised by his religious maternal grandmother, who hosted many Pietist leaders at her estate. Being surrounded by these individuals influenced the Count, who decided to give up a government position in Saxony, one he had studied for, to fulfill a life of divine work for the Lord. Zinzendorf would soon be approached by a man telling him of the oppression of a small religious group in Moravia. Offering them shelter, the Moravians emigrated to land in Upper Lusatia. This land was owned by Zinzendorf and would become known as Herrnhut. The Count helped proved vital in shaping the Moravian Church. He wrote church doctrine, became superintendent of the Church, and led the Moravian Church in establishing and expanding the Moravian Church throughout the Western world.   Bibliography & Further Reading: Fries, Adelaide, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Volume I. Edwards & Broughton Print Company. Raleigh, 1922. Hutton, J.E., and M.A. Hutton,  A History of the Moravian Church. Moravian Publication Office, United States of America, 1909. Podmore, Colin, “Zinzendorf and the English Moravians.” Journal of Moravian History. No. 3. Penn State University Press, 2007. Shantz, Douglas H, An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2013. Spangenberg, August Gottlieb, The Life of Nicholas Lewis Count Zinzendorf, Bishop and Ordinary of the United (or Moravian) Brethren. London, 1838.   Music (Freemusicarchive.org): Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme – Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Christmas at Bethabara

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 9:47


    Grab some coffee or hot cocoa and snuggle up with the family for the story "Christmas at Bethabara" by Betty Russell. Join children Hannah and William, refugees staying at the Bethabara mill during the French and Indian War, as they experience their first Christmas at the Moravian town of Bethabara. This story was inspired from an excerpt from Adelaide Fries' Records of the Moravians in North Carolina: December 1, 1760: " On Christmas Day the English children from the mill came to see our Christmas decoration, they were so poorly clad that it would have moved a stone to pity. We told them why we rejoiced like children and gave to each a piece of cake. In Bethania, Br. Ettwein held a Lovefeast for the 24 children there, at the close of the service each received a pretty CHristmas verse and a ginger cake, the first they had ever seen" (Vol I, 233). Cast:Narrator: Maizie PlumleyHannah: Maggie Pelta-PaulsMama - Casey LandolfPapa - Seth PayneWilliam - James LandolfBrother Loesch - Seth PayneBrother Ettwein - Seth Payne Music:Christmas by the Fire: https://www.purple-planet.comA, Lobe Den Herren: From Mit Freuden zart: Moravian Chorales for Band © Moravian Music Foundation. Used by permission. Sound Effects (Freesound.org):Boot stomp; soft by AustralopithecusmanChoir_unisono_simple_melody by uair01Church bell by organicmanplCold howling wind by alanmckinneyIndoor Footsteps by dkiller2204Kids chatter Primary School Birmingham, UK by sbyandijiWalking and Opening Door by chris.tWind at door howling by Bosk1

    Dr. Michele Williams on Medical Practices in Wachovia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 17:54


    For the season one finale, Dr. Michele Williams of Historic Bethania joins Maizie and Casey to discuss some common thoughts and practices surrounding health and medicine in 18th-century Wachovia.    Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Healthcare in Wachovia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 12:39


    On this week's episode of Moravian Mornings, from herbs and treatment to interesting medical cases, join Maizie and Casey as they discuss aspects of healthcare within early Wachovia.   Music (freemusicarchive.org):Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    A Piece of Understudied World History: Fort Dobbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 18:37


    Maizie and Casey are joined by Historic Site Manager, Scott Douglas, and Historical Interpreter, Jason Melius, of Fort Dobbs State Historic Site to discuss the historical significance of the fort, the archaeology and preservation of the site, and the public history practices used at the fort. Check out Fort Dobb's website for more information on the historic site: www.fortdobbs.org   Sources: Records of the Moravians, Vol I (https://archive.org/details/recordsofthemora01frie/) Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records of North Carolina (https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/)   Music (freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

    The Dutch Fort, Where There Are Good People and Much Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 16:34


    Maizie and Casey discuss Wachovia during the French and Indian War and Anglo-Cherokee War, including the Moravians' perspectives on the events and how these events affected the development of the Moravian towns.    Music (freemusicarchive.org):Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    The Potter Is in! Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 19:08


    In the last part of this two-part episode, Stuart Marshall continues his discussion on the importance of Moravian pottery as well as providing information on the materials used to make the pottery, the difference in techniques used today compared to 18th and 19th century, and his experience trying to retrace the steps of these Moravian potters.   Sources/For Further Reading:Chipstone---Ceramics in America: Luke Beckerdite and Johanna Brown: Eighteenth-Century Earthenware from North Carolina: The Moravian Tradition ReconsideredMary Farrell: Making North Carolina EarthenwareAlain C. Outlaw: The Mount Shepherd Pottery Site, Randolph County, North Carolina Stephen C. Compton,  “Research Note: The Eighteenth-Century Potters of Salisburyand Rowan County, North Carolina,” MESDA Journal Vol 39 (2018) Stephen C. Compton, North Carolina's Moravian Potters: The Art and Mystery of Pottery-Making in Wachovia (Fonthill Media LLC: America Through Time, 2019) John Bivins, The Moravian Potters in North Carolina (Chapel Hill: UNC Press for Old Salem, Inc., 1972) Adelaide Fries, ed.,: Records of the Moravians in North Carolina Vol. 1   Adelaide Fries, ed.,: Records of the Moravians in NC, Vol. 3, p. 1231 Daniel B. Thorpe, The Moravian Community in Colonial North Carolina: Pluralism on the Southern Frontier (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1989) Charles G. Zug III, Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1986). Other links: David DrakeMESDA piece: https://mesda.org/exhibit/storage-jar/  Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) 

    The Potter Is in!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 18:40


    In this first part of a two-part episode, Historic Bethabara Park's current potter, Stuart Marshall, provides a brief overview of some of the potters of Bethabara from the 1700s to the 1800s and the importance of their work.   Sources/For Further Reading:Chipstone---Ceramics in America: Luke Beckerdite and Johanna Brown: Eighteenth-Century Earthenware from North Carolina: The Moravian Tradition ReconsideredMary Farrell: Making North Carolina EarthenwareAlain C. Outlaw: The Mount Shepherd Pottery Site, Randolph County, North Carolina Stephen C. Compton,  “Research Note: The Eighteenth-Century Potters of Salisburyand Rowan County, North Carolina,” MESDA Journal Vol 39 (2018) Stephen C. Compton, North Carolina's Moravian Potters: The Art and Mystery of Pottery-Making in Wachovia (Fonthill Media LLC: America Through Time, 2019) John Bivins, The Moravian Potters in North Carolina (Chapel Hill: UNC Press for Old Salem, Inc., 1972) Adelaide Fries, ed.,: Records of the Moravians in North Carolina Vol. 1   Adelaide Fries, ed.,: Records of the Moravians in NC, Vol. 3, p. 1231 Daniel B. Thorpe, The Moravian Community in Colonial North Carolina: Pluralism on the Southern Frontier (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1989) Charles G. Zug III, Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1986). Other links: David DrakeMESDA piece: https://mesda.org/exhibit/storage-jar/  Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)  

    A Living Historian on Moravian Clothing Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 14:48


     Jacob Crews, a living historian, continues his discussion on Moravian Clothing during the 1700s and early 1800s.  Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    A Living Historian on Moravian Clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 21:16


    Joining the hosts is Jacob Crews, a living historian, who presents an abundance of information about Moravian clothing during the 1700s to early 1800s. *Jacob later got in contact to say that greatcoats are actually fitted, not surtouts.*   Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    A Discussion with Dr. Michele Williams of Historic Bethania

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 11:39


    From why the location of the town was chosen to what the town is like today, Dr. Michele Williams of Historic Bethania presents information about Bethania not discussed in episode three.   Music (FreeMusicArchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 

    Bethabara, Bethania, and Salem

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 15:52


    For this week's episode, Maizie and Casey present an introductory history of the first three Moravian towns in Wachovia.    Music (Freemusicarchive.org):On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommericial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

    Interviewing Staff of Historic Bethabara Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 28:22


    Joined by the Director of Historic Bethabara Park, Samantha Smith, and the Education Director, Diana Overbey, Casey and Maizie ask a series of questions relating to the Moravian customs and traditions discussed in episode one.   Music:On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)Freemusicarchive.org 

    Moravian Customs and Traditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 23:34


    To provide an introduction into the Moravian religion, the hosts discuss a few core customs and traditions practiced by this Protestant denomination.    Music:Allegretto (green pastures) by Dee Yan-Key (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Grand Piano Theme - Loopable by Lobo Loco ((Attribution-NonCommercial_NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)On my Way to Work by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)Freemusicarchive.org 

    Introducing: Moravian Mornings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 1:23


    Moravian Mornings' hosts shortly discuss Historic Bethabara Park's podcast series.   Music: Grand Piano Theme - Echo - Loopable by Lobo Loco (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) 

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