Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, at a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice
Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, at a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice

Author: James Carson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-13

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780259246190

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Excerpt from Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, at a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice: For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means Lawful and Unlawful, "With Their Bodies and Lives" To Prevent the Introduction of the English Language Into the Service of St. Michael's and Zion's Churches Trial of Frederick Eberle and others, at 'a. Nisi Prim Court, held qt Philadelphia, July 1816, before the Hon. J Y we, Justice, for illegally conspiring together by all means lawful unis ol with their Bodies end Lives, to prevent {the introduction of the' English inns-age into the 1 service of slmichael's and $ion's churches; belongmg to the gei'lnan Lu, theran Co inthe city ofphilndelphh. Taken ip short hand by Mefiw ttorney at Law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Trial of Frederick Eberle
The Trial of Frederick Eberle

Author: Friederike Baer

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2008-05-10

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 0814791182

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Winner of the 2011 St. Paul, Biglerville Prize from the Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic 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 preferred occasional services in English. At trial, witnesses, lawyers, defendants, and the judge explicitly linked language to class, citizenship, patriotism, religion, and violence. Mining many previously unexamined sources, including German-language writings, witness testimonies, and the opinions of prominent legal professionals, Friederike Baer uses legal conflict as a prism through which to explore the significance of language in the early American republic. The Trial of Frederick Eberle reminds us that debates over language have always been about far more than just language. Baer demonstrates that the 1816 trial was not a battle between Americans and immigrants, or German-speakers and English-speakers. Instead, the individuals involved in the case seized and exploited English and German as powerful symbols of competing cultural, economic, and social interests.

Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, at a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice
Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, at a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice

Author: James Carson

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781357815905

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