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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Robbins, Edith |
| Title, Analytic | A Forty-Eighter on the Town-Building Frontier |
| Author, Monographic | Brancaforte, Charlotte L. |
| Title, Monographic | The German Forty-Eighters in the United States |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Date of Publication | 1989 |
| Location in Work | 67-78 |
| Series Editor | Hermand, Jost |
| Series Title | German Life and Civilization |
| Series Vol. ID | 1 |
| Abstract | Between 1845 and 1854 over one million German citizens left their homes and emigrated, many of them as a result of the failed revolution of 1848 and its aftermath. The "Forty-Eighters" who came to the United States both for political and economic reasons went through different stages of adaptation to the new country. The immigrants contributed to the political, social and cultural life of their new homeland by transforming staid communities on the East coast, by founding new settlements in the Midwest and West, and by swelling the number of politically conscious artisans and workers in the big cities. Their voting power and personal sacrifices were of great importance in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. They participated in the debate about the women's vote and in stressing the concepts of free and general education. "The following is an account of a Forty-Eighter from Schleswig-Holstein who adopted the "American Way" of financial success in order to gain importance in his new surroundings. Born in the year 1818 in Rendsburg, Holstein, Friedrich Hedde attended the University of Kiel, where he studied jurisprudence. . . . Hedde is not among the Forty-Eighters who were forced to flee the father land, but he left his homeland because he realized it would be intolerable for him to remain in a country under a reactionary government.. . . . Hedde went to Davenport Iowa, to join other Forty-Eighters from Schleswig-Holstein. . . . He opened a real estate business and became aware of a speculative scheme that looked very promising. The Territory of Nebraska had opened for settlement in 1854. . . . As a result of his political activity during the territorial period Hedde had become well known in Nebraska. His interest in the growth and economic development of the town of Grand Island resulted in his becoming energetically involved in the promotion of Nebraska. . . . Hedde had taken the initiative in starting an immigration board in Hall County, the first of its kind in the state of Nebraska. Later he was appointed by the State Immigration Board to be Nebraska's agent in Germany." |
| Notes | L:Eng |
| Call Number | MKI E 184 .G3 G354 1989 |
| MKI Terms | Forty-eighters/ History/ 19th century/ Germany/ Revolution, 1848-1849 -- Refugees/ Refugees, political (US)/ Hedde, Friedrich |