She was brought up as an Anglican
, but converted first to Wesleyan Methodism
(in which her mother had shown some interest) and later to Quakerism
.
Cultural formation
Mary Prince
She was already ageing when she had a conversion experience and joined a Christian sect, the Methodists or Moravians
, when she happened to attend one of their services and heard the first prayers I...
Cultural formation
Hannah Kilham
As a Methodist
Hannah Spurr (later HK
) was deeply distressed in August 1797 by the split between the bulk of the sect and the New Connection
founded by her future husband. After long wavering...
Characters
Sarah Green
After this tirade the novel is more fun than one might anticipate. The title-page quotes Sir John Vanbrugh
. The story opens with SG
's gentleman hero, Percival Ellingford, a recent convert to Methodism
...
Birth
Ethel Wilson
Ethel Bryant (later EW
) was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, of Wesleyan Methodist
missionary parents. She was their only surviving child.
Stouck, David. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography. University of Toronto Press.