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

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.    The French and Indian War started in North America in 1754 and affected the development of Wachovian plans until its end. By an act of the English Parliament, the Moravians were released from required military service. Their ideology on warfare meant that they only participated in defensive warfare, and they took the steps necessary to ensure that their beliefs and distinction in warfare were not compromised during this time. During the time of the French and Indian War, Bethabara acted as a site of protection, taking in local refugees who feared attacks. They provided passing soldiers with supplies while also experiencing unnecessary treatment from them. Bethabara would come to be called “the Dutch Fort, where there are good people and much bread” by the local Cherokee. The war affected the development of the area by prompting a palisade to be constructed around the town and mill and by delaying the construction of the central town of Salem. Through a famine, a Typhus outbreak, fear of attacks, and the death of Count Zinzendorf, the Moravians stayed strong in their faith while continuing to develop the area of Wachovia.   Bibliography & Further Reading: Boehme, Gerry. The French and Indian War. Primary Sources of Colonial America. New York, NY: Cavendish Square Publishing, 2017. Cave, Alfred. The French and Indian War. Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2004. 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. Thorpe, Daniel. The Moravian Community in Colonial North Carolina: Pluralism on the Southern Frontier. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1989.   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/)