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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticWust, Klaus G.
Title, AnalyticPalatines and Switzers for Virginia, 1705-1738: Costly Lessons for Promoters and Emigrants
Journal TitleYearbook of German-American Studies
Date of Publication1984
Volume ID19
Location in Work43-56
AbstractWust's article discusses the recruitment and subsequent emigration of European religious dissenters to the United States, especially to Virginia. It also discusses plans made by Franz Louis Michel in the 18th century for a Swiss colony, which would have allowed for the free practice of religion.
Call NumberMKI / SHS E 184 .G3 G315
MKI TermsEthnic groups -- German-speaking/ Palatines/ Pennsylvania/ Quakers/ Mennonites/ Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719/ Virginia/ North Carolina/ Emigration and immigration (Europe-US)