Moses Wilkinson: The Blind Preacher Who Escaped Slavery in America and Helped Build a Church in Africa

Moses “Daddy Moses” Wilkinson’s life was an extraordinary journey from slavery in Virginia to religious leadership in Africa. Born enslaved, Wilkinson escaped during the American Revolutionary War, became a Methodist preacher, led a congregation in Nova Scotia, and eventually crossed the Atlantic to help establish a Methodist church in Sierra Leone. Wilkinson was born enslaved […] TalkAfricana