Susan E. (Hrsg.) Klepp

Souls for Sale

Two German Redemptioners Come to Revolutionary America

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In 1773, John Frederick Whitehead and Johann Carl Buttner, two young German men, arrived in America on the same ship. Each man sold himself into servitude to a different master, and, years later, each wrote a memoir of his experiences, leaving invaluable historical records of their attitudes, perceptions, and goals. Despite their common voyage to America and similar working conditions as servants, their backgrounds and personalities differed. Their divergent interpretations of their experiences are the substance of rich and varied firsthand accounts of the transatlantic migration process, the servant labor experience of Germans in colonial Am… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Grubb, Farley (Hrsg.) / Pfaelzer de Ortiz, Anne (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-271-02881-1
EAN: 9780271028811
Produktnummer: 2412527
Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.9 cm 567 g
Abbildungen: 1 Illustrations, unspecified; 1 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white
Gewicht: 567
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Susan E. Klepp is Professor of History at Temple University and Affiliated Professor of Women's Studies and African American Studies. Farley Grubb is Professor of Economics and History at the University of Delaware. Anne Pfaelzer de Ortiz is an independent researcher and freelance writer.