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Souls for sale : two German redemptioners come to revolutionary America : the life stories of John Frederick Whitehead and Johann Carl Büttner /
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, percep...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Table of contents |
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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 America, and post-servitude life. |
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xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-263) and index. |
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0271028815 9780271028811 0271028823 9780271028828 |