This contention is supported throughout the book with Sensbach using examples of Rebecca as a healer, fixer, and mediator. Sensbach includes an anecdote of Rebecca healing Friedrich Martin's earache while they were imprisoned. The author notes that in slave societies “healers held status and spiritual power,” (118). This anecdote and fact help better explain why Rebecca might have helped Rebecca see herself as an authority figure and visionary. Knowing multiple languages, Rebecca often helped translate Scripture in conversations with those who did not speak Dutch or Creole (118). Her language skills helped further her mission. Rebecca used her authority as an apostle to steer her way through the worlds of slavery and religion. Her skills helped her deal with limited possibilities and ambiguous
This contention is supported throughout the book with Sensbach using examples of Rebecca as a healer, fixer, and mediator. Sensbach includes an anecdote of Rebecca healing Friedrich Martin's earache while they were imprisoned. The author notes that in slave societies “healers held status and spiritual power,” (118). This anecdote and fact help better explain why Rebecca might have helped Rebecca see herself as an authority figure and visionary. Knowing multiple languages, Rebecca often helped translate Scripture in conversations with those who did not speak Dutch or Creole (118). Her language skills helped further her mission. Rebecca used her authority as an apostle to steer her way through the worlds of slavery and religion. Her skills helped her deal with limited possibilities and ambiguous