Author: Johnny Elwood ReasonoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
First Palatines in North Carolina
Author: Johnny Elwood ReasonoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727-1776
Author: Israel Daniel RuppPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Huguenots
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Becoming German
Author: Philip L. OtternessPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801471168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors that Britain's Queen Anne would give them free passage overseas and land in America. They journeyed down the Rhine and eventually made their way to London, where they settled in refugee camps. The rumors of free passage and land proved false, but, in an attempt to clear the camps, the British government finally agreed to send about three thousand of the immigrants to New York in exchange for several years of labor. After their arrival, the Palatines refused to work as indentured servants and eventually settled in autonomous German communities near the Iroquois of central New York.Becoming German tracks the Palatines' travels from Germany to London to New York City and into the frontier areas of New York. Philip Otterness demonstrates that the Palatines cannot be viewed as a cohesive "German" group until after their arrival in America; indeed, they came from dozens of distinct principalities in the Holy Roman Empire. It was only in refusing to assimilate to British colonial culture—instead maintaining separate German-speaking communities and mixing on friendly terms with Native American neighbors—that the Palatines became German in America.
History of North Carolina
Author: Francis Lister HawksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Expansion of South Carolina, 1729-1765
Author: Robert L. MeriwetherPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354033261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
History of North Carolina
Author: Lambert LillyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
History of North Carolina: with Maps and Illustrations
Author: Francis Lister HawksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
History of North Carolina: Embracing the period of the proprietary government, from 1663 to 1729
Author: Francis Lister HawksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A History of Watauga County, North Carolina
Author: John Preston ArthurPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The History of North Carolina
Author: Hugh WilliamsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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