European Emigration: Forgotten Stories
Season 1 • Episode 2: The Promised Lands (1750-1848) • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: The Promised Lands (1750-1848)
November 8, 2025 • 55 min
By 1750, the Promised Land in North America had already attracted almost 100,000 German-speaking emigrants. Without money for the long crossing, new arrivals had to work as indentured servants, ending up in the Brazilian jungle or in the French colony of Algiers. A few decades later, German-speaking immigrants contributed to the industrialisation of the USA.
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