Souls for Sale: Two German Redemptioners Come to Revolutionary America
(Part of the Max Kade Research Institute: Germans Beyond Europe Series)
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In 1773, John Frederick Whitehead and Johann Carl B ttner, two adolescent Germans, were placed on board the same ship headed to colonial America. With few options in Germany, each had been recruited by the labor contractors known popularly as soulsellers--men who traded in human cargo. On arrival in America they were sold to different masters, and, years later, each wrote a memoir of his experiences. These two autobiographies are valuable historical...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0271028823
ISBN13:9780271028828
Release Date:September 2006
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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