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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Language and Nation; 1 Dragged into Courts of Justice Unnecessarily: The Trial; 2 A Controversy Has Arisen: The History; 3 Germans and Anglicized Eyrisch-Germans: The Parties; 4 They Want to Steal Our Property, to Rob Our Churches: Class; 5 All the Stimulants of a Political Election: Disorder; 6 One of Those Cases, in Which Strong Feelings Are Unavoidably Excited: The Summations; 7 Endeavor to Inform Our Judgments and Act Impartially: The Outcome; Appendix 1: The Defendants; Appendix 2: Members of the Grand Jury (Mayor's Court, March 1816 Session) |
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Appendix 3: Nisi Prius JuryAppendix 4: The Prosecution Witnesses; Appendix 5: The Defense Witnesses; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author |
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In the summer of 1816, the state of Pennsylvania tried fifty-nine German-Americans on charges of conspiracy and rioting. The accused had, according to the indictment, conspired to prevent with physical force the introduction of the English language into the largest German church in North America, Philadelphia's Lutheran congregation of St. Michael's and Zion. The trial marked the climax of an increasingly violent conflict over language choice in Philadelphia's German community, with members bitterly divided into those who favored the exclusive use of German in their church, and those who prefe |
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Eberle, Frederick -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Eberle, Frederick |
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Citizenship -- United States -- Case studies
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Patriotism -- United States -- Case studies
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Language maintenance -- United States -- Case studies
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Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions
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Lutherans, German -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions
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Language question in the church -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
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Trials (Conspiracy) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
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Citizenship
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants -- Social conditions
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Language maintenance
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Language question in the church
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Patriotism
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Trials (Conspiracy)
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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United States
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Electronic books
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Case studies
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Electronic book
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9780814789940 |
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0814789943 |
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