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Name: Course Instructor: Date: Primary Document Analysis Gottlieb Mittelberger was a German author who wrote narrations of his travel experiences. He was also an indentured servant who traveled from Germany to Pennsylvania and is his memoir “The Passage of Indentured Servants” written in 1750 he gives a firsthand historical account of the misery and exploitation of the German immigrants during the US colonial era (Grubb 566). The context of the words used in the story such as “… like herrings so to say” or “Whence it comes to the ships ride…” gives the reader hints on the historical themes of that time. The story was written in the mid 17th century since this era is when there was a huge influx of different people going to America. This document was written to inform the Germans of what transpires during the passage to America particularly the hardships and exploitations experienced by the immigrants during that era. Olaudah Equiano famously known as Gustavus Vassa was a writer and abolitionist from what is today known as southeastern Nigeria according to his memoir “The Middle Passage” 1788. In his book, he narrates his experience of being kidnapped into slavery at a young age. It was a period of European slave traders where they brought Africans to sell them to farm owners in their countries across the Atlantic Ocean to Barbados in the West Indies. Lastly is J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur who is a significant emblem in the background of American literature for his 1782 writing, “Letters from an American Farmer.” Now, his narration called, “What is an American?” is frequently referred to by American history and literature scholars
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