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Christian Jakobus Protten | |
| Also Known As: | "Uldrich" |
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| Birthplace: | Christiansborg, Accra, Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra, Ghana |
| Death: | Died in Accra, Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra, Ghana |
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Son of Jacob Protten and NN |
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| Managed by: | Justin Swanström |
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About Christian Jakobus Protten
Christian Jakobus Protten (1715–1769), son of a Togolese mother and a Danish father, studied theology in Copenhagen from 1727 to 1735 and then accompanied Nicolaus von Zinzendorf to Herrnhut. He returned to Elmina in West Africa in 1737 as the first Moravian missionary (Bohemian and Moravian Brethren: II, 4). During a long stay in Germany (1740–1756), in 1746 he married Rebecca Freundlich (1718–1780), a former slave from the Caribbean.
manuscript: Diarium of/by Christian Jakob Protten Africanus (1715-1769)
http://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/thismonth/12_06%20Protten.pdf
http://www.dacb.org/stories/ghana/protten_cj.html
http://aner.svaner.com/Svane_om/Svane_DK/Famous_persons/Africanus_dk.htm
Source
- Meyer, Dietrich. " Lieberkühn, Samuel." Religion Past and Present. Edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski and , Eberhard Jüngel. Brill Online , 2012. Reference. 24 May 2012 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/religion-past-and-present/lieberkuhn-samuel-SIM_13018>
Debrunner 1967
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Christian Jakobus Protten's Timeline
| 1715 |
September 15, 1715
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Accra, Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra, Ghana
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| 1750 |
1750
Age 34
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Herrnhut, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
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| 1769 |
October 23, 1769
Age 54
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Accra, Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra, Ghana
Protten was desperate to return to his home country
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