Coral Bay - Emmaus Moravian Church

The Emmaus Moravian Church is on the National Registry of Historic Places and holds an interesting place in St John's history. The Caroline Estate plantation originally stood on these grounds, the site of a 1733 slave revolt that resulted in the murder of the plantation owner and his 12-year-old daughter.

In the 1750s the Moravians arrived on St John and began setting up congregations. After the slave revolt the re-establishment of Coral Bay was slow to come, however the Moravians built this church and dedicated themselves to ministering to the slaves and teaching them literacy. The church continues to serve descendants of those slaves today.