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Title Memories of Carolinian immigrants : autobiographies, diaries, and letters from colonial times to the present / edited by Andreas Lixl.

Publication Info. Lanham : University Press of America, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Carolinian Immigrants: Memories of Pride, Grief, and Liberty; Part I. RECOLLECTIONS OFCOLONIAL IMMIGRANTS; Chapter 01. Christoph von Graffenried Account of the Founding of New Bern; Chapter 02. Robert Witherspoon Memories of a South Carolinian Settler; Chapter 03. James Murray: Letters from a Scottish Pioneer; Chapter 04. Olaudah Equiano An African's Account; Chapter 05. August Spangenberg The Moravian Diary; Chapter 06. Mary Gloud Testimony in the Indian Book; Chapter 07. Janet Schaw Journal of an English Lady.
Summary This is a book about identity and remembrance. This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700. The broad focus of the book encompasses all walks of life and documents three centuries of social, political, artistic, and cultural history. The chapters follow historical timelines starting with colonial experiences leading up to the American Revolution, followed by immigrant accounts before and during the Civil War, experiences in the New South, and memories of twentieth century im.
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Subject Immigrants -- South Carolina.
Immigrants.
South Carolina.
Immigrants -- North Carolina.
North Carolina.
South Carolina -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject North Carolina -- Biography.
South Carolina -- Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
North Carolina -- Emigration and immigration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Lixl-Purcell, Andreas, 1951-
Other Form: Print version: Memories of Carolinian immigrants. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2009 0761844139 9780761844136 (OCoLC)277275484
ISBN 9780761844150 (electronic book)
0761844155 (electronic book)