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Images of Old Salem
Old Salemis aself-contained preservation of a pre-Revolution Moravian settlementthat, like Colonial Williamsburg,has delighted and awed countless visitors with its warm clapboard homes and wooden bridges.With exclusive photograph taken through the centuries, and engaging text about the history and the restorations that have created the Old Salem experience of today, Images of Old Salem: Then & Now makes Old Salem feel more vivid than ever before.
Old Salem and Salem College
Within a mile from the center of Winston-Salem, the 21st century gives way to an earlier time in the historic district of Old Salem, which is the home of Salem Academy and College, begun in 1772 as a school to educate Moravian girls and in continuous operation since its founding. Original.
A Separate Canaan
In colonial North Carolina, German-speaking settlers from the Moravian Church founded a religious refuge--an ideal society, they hoped, whose blueprint for daily life was the Bible and whose Chief Elder was Christ himself. As the community's demand for labor grew, the Moravian Brethren bought slaves to help operate their farms, shops, and industries. Moravians believed in the universalism of the gospel and baptized dozens of African Americans, who became full members of tightly knit Moravian congregations. For decades, white and black Brethren worked and worshiped together--though white Moravians never abandoned their belief that black slavery was ordained by God. Based on German church docu...
God's Fields
"Provides a fascinating and nuanced study of the transformations in religious and social ideals among Moravians as they worked to implement their aspirations in the harsh realities of a North Carolina landscape shaped by racism. Ferguson reveals the intersecting dynamics of religious aspirations, sectarian prejudices, conflicting designs across cultural landscapes, paradoxical divergences of religious ideals and social realities, and the life stories of African Americans working to navigate such contested terrain."--Christopher C. Fennell, author of Crossroads and Cosmologies "A fascinating examination of the tension of race relations in the antebellum South. God's Fields unfolds like a murd...
Rebecca's Revival
Rebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. All but unknown today, Rebecca Protten left an enduring influence on African-American religion and society. Born in 1718, Protten had a childhood conversion experience, gained her freedom from bondage, and joined a group of German proselytizers from the Moravian Church. She embarked on an itinerant mission, preaching to hundreds of the enslaved Africans of St. Thomas, a Danish sugar colony in the West Indies. Laboring in obscurity and weathering persecution from hostile planters, Protten and other black preachers created the earli...
Ghosts of Old Salem, North Carolina
Stories and photos that reveal the paranormal history of this picturesque Winston-Salem district. Hidden behind the preserved eighteenth-century colonial buildings of the Old Salem Historic District in Winston-Salem is a haunted history of spine-tingling tales . . . Find the harrowing stories of Salem Cemetery and the anonymous headstones of the “Strangers’ Graveyard.” Learn the origins of the inexplicable sounds at Salem College. Meet the tavern traveler who refuses to check out. Follow the story of Andreas Kresmer’s tragic death and the subsequent appearance of the “Little Red Man.” In this book, author G.T. Montgomery takes you on a frightening and fascinating journey to discover the most notorious haunts to wander Salem’s streets.
Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums
In these days of an aging traditional audience, shrinking attendance, tightened budgets, increased competition, and exponential growth in new types of communication methods, America’s house museums need to take bold steps and expand their overall purpose beyond those of the traditional museum. They need not only to engage the communities surrounding them, but also to collaborate with visitors on the type and quality of experience they provide. This book is a groundbreaking manifesto that calls for the establishment of a more inclusive, visitor-centered paradigm based on the shared experience of human habitation. It draws inspiration from film, theater, public art, and urban design to trans...
MESDA Journal 2019: Volume 40
The MESDA Journal is published by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, MESDA is home to the finest collection of southern decorative arts in the country. Founded in 1965, MESDA is widely recognized for its contributions to the study and understanding of southern history, decorative arts, and material culture. Visit MESDA's website for more information about the museum's collections, research, and programs. MESDA is one of the museums at Old Salem Museums and Gardens, among America's most authentic history attractions. Visit Old Salem's website to learn more about the Historic Town of Salem, the Gardens of Salem, and Moravian history and culture.
