Palatines, Liberty, and Property: German Lutherans in Colonial British America (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 7, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780801859687
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil rights & citizenship; Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Immigration & emigration; Lutheran Churches; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - Colonial Period; Elements In The U.S. Population; U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789); History; History - U.S.; History: American; Germany; USA; United States - Revolutionary War; Germans; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / General; Ethnic Studies - General
First sentence: IN 1729, at the dawn of the second George's reign, subscribers to Giles Jacob's A New Law-Dictionary understood that according to Jacob's definition, liberty was "a privilege held by grant or prescription, by which men may enjoy some benefit beyond the ordinary subject."