Frits Moquette Explained

Ds. Frédéric Jules Pierre Moquette
Birth Date:15 June 1836
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Spouse:Rudolphina Johanna Krijt (1840–1928) (marriage on June 21, 1865)
Children:daughter Hermine Christine Hélène Moquette (1869-1945), son Frederic Jules Pierre Moquette (1871-1931)
Parents:Pierre Moquette, Christina Hermina Nahlop
Religion:Protestant Christianity
Church:Dutch Reformed Church
Congregations:Jutphaas, Sluis, Hijkersmilde, Sneek and Rotterdam

Frédéric Jules Pierre (Frits) Moquette (Amsterdam, 15 June 1836 - Rotterdam, 9 November 1915) was a Dutch abolitionist and protestant minister.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

As a boy, Moquette read the Dutch translation De negerhut van Oom Tom of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin and letters sent by his father Pierre Moquette from the plantation L'Hermitage on the cruel treatment of black slaves in Surinam. These readings inspired him at the age of 17 to become the founding president of the Dutch Jongelings Genootschap ter Afschaffing van Slavernij (Youth Society for the Abolition of Slavery) on 13 November 1853.[6] Members should be at least 15 years of age and no older than 23. The Latin motto of the Society was "Servitus Generis Humani Flagitum" (Slavery is the scourge of mankind). Moquette then was a pupil of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Gymnasium, the Amsterdam municipal gymnasium.

Later Moquette studied theology in Utrecht (1856, 1859) and Amsterdam (1856), became a kandidaat for the ministry in the Walloon church (1861) and subsequently served as a Dutch Reformed Church minister at Jutphaas, Sluis, Hijkersmilde, Sneek and Rotterdam until his retirement there.

As a minister in Sneek, he strove to reduce the influence of landowners, the so-called floreenplichtigen, on church management. An expert on church law, he later opposed the juridical claims on church property of the 1886 separatist Doleantie led by Abraham Kuyper.

Publications

Moquette's publications include:

Translations by Moquette

Notes and References

  1. Book: Abma, G. . Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme . 5 . 2001 . 378-379 . 30 May 2024 . Huygens Instituut . Moquette, Frédéric Jules Pierre.
  2. Web site: Frédéric Jules Pierre Moquette . biografischportaal.nl . 30 May 2024 . Dutch.
  3. Web site: Verzet tegen slavernij . verzetsmuseum.org . 30 May 2024 . Dutch.
  4. Web site: Kunst & Cultuur Tentoonstelling: Verzet tegen slavernij. ‘Eene zonde voor God’ . 30 May 2024 . Dutch . Leendert . van der Valk . groene.nl . 27 March 2024 . 13.
  5. Web site: Verzet tegen slavernij was er ook vanuit Nederland[...] ]. 30 May 2024 . Dutch . 2 April 2024 . nrc.nl . NRC Handelsblad.
  6. Web site: Algemeene bepalingen van het Nederlandsch Jongelings Genootschap ter Afschaffing der Slavernij onder de Zinspreuk: Servitus Generis Humani Flagitium, (De Slavernij de Geesel der Menschheid.) opgerigt te Amsterdam, den 13 november 1853 . 30 May 2024 . Dutch . dbnl.org . From the book Book: Teenstra, Marten Douwes . De Negerslaven in de kolonie Suriname en de uitbreiding van het christendom onder de heidensche bevolking . Dutch . 1842 . H. Lagerweij . Dordrecht . 458220230.

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