And still is the former slaves lived deep in the rain forest. Along with the bible the moravian brethren brought education medicine and practical knowledge. Thats the syrian river. Moravian missionaries came up this regard anything bringing us churches schools and doctors when our ancestors escaped from the plantations they came here you have to cross the rapids so it was a difficult journey that hasnt changed how do you know no. To. The moravian brother and arrived in suriname in the eighteenth century by then fugitive slaves from the sugar plantations were living in the rainforest the missionaries began baptizing converts building schools and setting up tenets. In seventeen twenty two a german count nicholas found since and off had given refuge to moravians fleeing religious persecution on his estate in saxony the evangelical christians founded the community of han haute. The pious count encourage them to become missionaries and to take the gospel to the four corners of the globe whe