Souls for sale : two German redemptioners come to revolutionary America : the life stories of John Frederick Whitehead and Johann Carl Büttner

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    • Whitehead, John Frederick
    • Büttner, Johann Carl, b. 1754
    • Klepp, Susan E.
    • Grubb, Farley Ward
    • De Ortiz, Anne Pfaelzer

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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

edited with introductions and notes by Susan E. Klepp, Farley Grubb and Anne Pfaelzer de Ortiz ; with the assistance of Matthew Muehlbauer and Uta Kresse Raina

（Max Kade German-American Research Institute series）

Pennsylvania State University Press, c2006

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Bibliographyy: p. [252]-263

Includes index

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内容説明

In 1773, John Frederick Whitehead and Johann Carl Buttner, 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 records of immigrant attitudes, perceptions, and goals. Despite their shared voyage to America and similar condition as servants, their backgrounds and personalities differed. Their divergent interpretations of their experiences provide rich firsthand insights into the transatlantic migration process, work and opportunity in colonial America, and the fates of former bound servants. Souls for Sale presents these parallel accounts-Whitehead's published for the first time-to illustrate the condition of German redemptioners and to examine the religious, economic, familial, and literary contexts that shaped their memoirs. The editors provide helpful introductions to the works as well as notes to guide the reader.

目次

Contents Preface List of Illustrations and Maps General Introduction: German Immigration to Early America Part I: John Frederick Whitehead 1. Introduction: Understanding the World of John Frederick Whitehead 2. The Life of John Frederick Whitehead Containing His Travels and Chief Adventures Part II: Johann Carl Buttner 3. Introduction: On the Trail of Johann Carl Buttner 4. Narrative of Johann Carl Buttner in the American Revolution References Index

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