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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Bell, Michael Everette |
| Title, Analytic | Regional Identity in the Antebellum South: How German Immigrants Became 'Good' Charlestonians |
| Journal Title | The South Carolina Historical Magazine |
| Date of Publication | Jan. 1999 |
| Volume ID | 100 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 9-28, ill. |
| URL | |
| Abstract | "Those Germans who immigrated to and remained in Charleston, South Carolina, embraced the city's prevailing pro-secessionist and pro-slavery views in a manner not found in either Richmond, Virginia, or New Orleans, Louisiana, the antebellum South's only other large German urban enclaves. Perhaps the single most significant reason for this assimilation of Charleston's German immigrants can be attributed to the work of Franz Adolph Melchers, editor of the city's most successful German-language newspaper, the Deutsche Zeitung. It was through Melchers' words that the two worlds of the "old South" city and the immigrant met, where each learned about the other, and where they shared their mutual triumphs and defeat." |
| Call Number | Digital file (PDF) |
| MKI Terms | Newspapers, German-American/ Emigration and Immigration (Germany-US)/ Slavery |