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Peter Titus (1770-1838)

Title: Peter Titus (1770-1838)
Creator: Titus, Peter, 1770-1843
Publisher: Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Date: 1838
Type: Text
Format: image/jpg
Description: Autobiographical memoir of Peter Titus, an African American member of the Moravian Church. The text was dictated in 1838 and supplemented by an account of his final years and death in the Nazareth almshouse in 1843. Titus describes his childhood in New York in the home of Christian Fröhlich, his vocational training as a tanner, his various roles as postmaster and farmer, and his service as a preacher for the Black community on Staten Island.
Subject: Titus, Peter, 1770-1843
Moravians--Biography
African Americans--History--18th century
African Americans--History--19th century
Tanners--Pennsylvania--History
Nazareth (Pa.)--History--18th century
Nazareth (Pa.)--History--19th century
Missionaries--Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History--18th century
Missionaires--Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century
Autobiographies
Source: https://www.moravianchurcharchives.findbuch.net/php/main.php#4d656d6f6972732ex505
Identifier: MemNaz 0168
Language: German
Rights Holder: Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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