Christian Protten, ca. 1737
Detail of oil painting (courtesy of Jon Sensbach), held by the Moravian Archives (Unity Archives [Archiv der Bruder-Unitat]), Herrnhut, Germany.) Born on the Gold Coast of a Danish father and African mother, Protten was educated in Denmark and joined the Moravian church in 1735; he returned to the Gold Coast as a preacher for the next few decades. For details, see Jon Sensbach, A Separate Canaan (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1998), pp. 39-40, and Rebecca's Revival (Harvard Univ. Press, 2005), passim; see also image reference Sensbach4.
Image Title
Christian Protten, ca. 1737
RegID
SI-OB-553
Date
1737
Title
Christian Protten, ca. 1737
Source
See Comments.
Language
German
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
2-Apr-16
Identifier
Sensbach3