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A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black
Our edition · 1785 · 40 pages
A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black
John Marrant, told by John Marrant
Taken down from his own relation and published in London in 1785, this short narrative tells the life of John Marrant, a free-born Black man who underwent a dramatic conversion as a youth after hearing the evangelist George Whitefield preach. By his own account he then lived among the Cherokee, was seized and condemned to death but spared, learned the language, and saw the conversion of the Cherokee "king" and his daughter. (Scholars regard the Cherokee episode as embellished; it is best read as his own account.) He was ordained a minister in 1785 and sailed to preach among Black settlers in Nova Scotia.
The changed life
A careless youth struck down under Whitefield's preaching became a condemned captive who, by his telling, witnessed Christ to the very people about to execute him — then gave his life to itinerant ministry.
A note on the text. A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Blackis in the public domain. What you're buying is our edition — the careful typesetting and design. The original text is also available free here.