Project Gutenberg 2013-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 82 Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson) 1845 1894 Lowell, Edward Jackson Verschuer, Otto Christoph von Verschuer, O. C. von The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. German Die Hessen und die andern deutschen Hilfstruppen im Kriege gross-britanniens gegen Amerika, 1776-1783 Produced by Peter Becker, Karl Eichwalder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Die Hessen und die andern deutschen Hilfstruppen im Kriege Gross-Britanniens gegen Amerika 1776-1783" by Edward J. Lowell is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the role of German auxiliary troops, commonly known as the Hessians, who fought for Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. It aims to provide a detailed examination of their involvement, the circumstances surrounding their recruitment, and the socio-political context of the time. The opening of the book introduces the context of German princes who supplied troops to Britain during the American Revolution, highlighting their motivations and the systemic practice of selling soldiers as mercenaries. It discusses the historical background of the region, particularly the state of Hessen-Cassel and its landgrave, Friedrich II, who played a significant role in this trade. Through discussions of contracts and the political atmosphere in 18th-century Germany, the author seeks to debunk myths surrounding these soldiers while offering insight into their experiences and the societal conditions that led to their deployment in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44049/44049-h/images/cover.jpg de United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German E201 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 572359 572314 2024-09-18T12:49:05.310353 2023-09-19T08:33:48.629921 text/html text/html 559760 2013-10-27T12:13:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1006203 2013-10-27T12:13:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1102294 2024-09-18T12:49:12.434103 application/epub+zip 1107956 2024-09-18T12:49:06.400130 application/epub+zip 260519 2024-09-18T12:49:05.829130 application/epub+zip 1272401 2024-09-18T12:49:17.572056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1216309 2024-09-18T12:49:11.813100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369878 2022-09-20T06:22:31.930370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519141 518920 2024-09-18T12:49:04.561121 2023-09-19T08:33:47.820915 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 512704 2013-10-27T12:13:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 190364 2013-10-27T12:13:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18864 2024-09-18T12:49:17.724054 application/rdf+xml 11325 2024-09-18T12:49:05.931123 image/jpeg 2226 2024-09-18T12:49:05.883112 image/jpeg 1008738 2024-09-18T12:49:05.388122 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia