Moses 'Daddy' Wilkinson or Old Moses was an African American

African American

African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

 slave, and Methodist preacher in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, and Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

. Wilkinson was the main leader of the Methodists, and his congregation followed him to Sierra Leone where they established the first Methodist church in Settler Town, Sierra Leone

Settler Town, Sierra Leone

Settler Town, Sierra Leone or Settler Tong in Krio is the oldest part of Freetown, Sierra Leone and was the home of African American ex-slaves . Settler Town was established as a walled town in 1792 between Walpole and East streets...

. Wilkinson outlived all other religious leaders of the Nova Scotian settlers (Sierra Leone). Wilkinson road is located in Freetown, Sierra Leone and it leads to the Methodist Girls High School.

Background

Moses Wilkinson was a blind and crippled slave from Nansemond County, Virginia

Nansemond County, Virginia

Nansemond County is an extinct county which was located in Virginia Colony and the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, from 1646 until 1972...

 and his master was Mills Wilkinson. After Lord Dunmore's proclamation, Wilkinson led a band of runaway slaves to freedom in 1776. Moses was evacuated alongside other African Americans in 1783 and he is listed in the Book of Negroes

Book of Negroes

The Book of Negroes is an important historical document which records names and descriptions of 3,000 African-American slaves who escaped to the British lines during the American Revolution and were evacuated by the British by ship to points in Nova Scotia as freedmen.-Background:African Americans...

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