"Miserable Germans" and Fries's Rebellion.

Examines the ethnicity and the language spoken by the rebels who participated in a rebellion called Fries's Rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1799. Qualities of Germans who settled in Pennsylvania prior to the rebellion; Class differences within the German-speaking community of Pennsylvania revealed by...

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Published in:	Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 343 - 362
Main Author:	Pfleger, Birte
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Fall2004
Subjects:	Pennsylvania state history Revolutions Germans Ethnicity Class differences Language & languages United States
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