Souls for Sale: Two German Redemptioners Come to Revolutionary America

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"