Adison Blankenship
Professor Seay
HIS 121
September 1, 2014
G. Mittelberger’s Reise nach Pennsylvanien Perspective Analysis
When leaving Enzweihingen, Germany in 1750 to set sail to America, I doubt Gottlieb Mittelberger had the intention on returning to beware his fellow citizens of migrating to the land of the free. A couple of questions come to mind when thinking of how “the German schoolmaster Gottlieb Mittelberger travelled to America with four hundred other emigrants.” (Source 1) Did he know that he would be boarding among so many emigrants? Had he anticipated such dreadful conditions that were present throughout the entire voyage prior to setting sail? Here stands a man anxiously awaiting to embark on his new chapter of life and this …show more content…
I expect that the crew men on board the ship would let a civilian passenger, a schoolmaster at that, bring along with him books to read. Once the ship had reached England’s port, hopefully I could’ve have been fortunate enough to find a store with cans of food and water. Perhaps paper and pens as well to keep a record or a personal memoir of how life is at sea day-by-day. Figuring it would take hardly any time to finish reading the few books you brought along. The second greatest investment would be inside a pub. Buying up pint after pint of alcohol for the trip …show more content…
The first thing I personally would’ve done when returning home after a tragedy like that would be to feast on a home German meal, drink plenty of water to replenish my body, and then go to the pubs to spread my story to the townsmen. It’s possible I might have even start up an angry mob to protest the conditions that the indentured servants have to face while on board the ships and waiting to be sold like a piece of furniture at an auction. In sum, Gottlieb Mittelberger’s words truly captured the detailed image of what conditions the indentured servants are bound to by their masters. The cruelty of their life and how they are having to live it through being a prisoner in their own world. The effects this piece might’ve had if it had never been publicized for all to read would have been a catastrophe, as their perspectives would not have grown to the realization of the current world torture on indentured
Professor Seay
HIS 121
September 1, 2014
G. Mittelberger’s Reise nach Pennsylvanien Perspective Analysis
When leaving Enzweihingen, Germany in 1750 to set sail to America, I doubt Gottlieb Mittelberger had the intention on returning to beware his fellow citizens of migrating to the land of the free. A couple of questions come to mind when thinking of how “the German schoolmaster Gottlieb Mittelberger travelled to America with four hundred other emigrants.” (Source 1) Did he know that he would be boarding among so many emigrants? Had he anticipated such dreadful conditions that were present throughout the entire voyage prior to setting sail? Here stands a man anxiously awaiting to embark on his new chapter of life and this …show more content…
I expect that the crew men on board the ship would let a civilian passenger, a schoolmaster at that, bring along with him books to read. Once the ship had reached England’s port, hopefully I could’ve have been fortunate enough to find a store with cans of food and water. Perhaps paper and pens as well to keep a record or a personal memoir of how life is at sea day-by-day. Figuring it would take hardly any time to finish reading the few books you brought along. The second greatest investment would be inside a pub. Buying up pint after pint of alcohol for the trip …show more content…
The first thing I personally would’ve done when returning home after a tragedy like that would be to feast on a home German meal, drink plenty of water to replenish my body, and then go to the pubs to spread my story to the townsmen. It’s possible I might have even start up an angry mob to protest the conditions that the indentured servants have to face while on board the ships and waiting to be sold like a piece of furniture at an auction. In sum, Gottlieb Mittelberger’s words truly captured the detailed image of what conditions the indentured servants are bound to by their masters. The cruelty of their life and how they are having to live it through being a prisoner in their own world. The effects this piece might’ve had if it had never been publicized for all to read would have been a catastrophe, as their perspectives would not have grown to the realization of the current world torture on indentured