"Those Who Are Here, Greet You". Rebecca Protten's Letters to her Husband Christian (1760, 1761)

This article discusses two letters from the formerly enslaved Euro-African Moravian evangelist Rebecca Protten (1718–1778) to her second husband, Christian Protten (1715–1769), a Euro-African of Ga-Danish descent. It argues that these seemingly trivial letters shed light on the daily life and experiences of ordinary Moravians and as such can inform theory. In doing so, this article aims to make a methodological contribution to the growing body of literature that reflects on Moravian text production and the role the circulation and communal reading of texts played in the community, focusing specifically on private letters, written by ordinary Moravians. Annotated transcriptions and translations of Rebecca’s letters are included in the article to illustrate the argument.