Advisor | Zipf, Karin L., 1968- | |
Author | O'Lear, Kristin | |
Date Accessioned | 2021-01-04T17:13:18Z | |
Date Available | 2022-12-01T09:01:59Z | |
Date Created | 2020-12 | |
Date of Issue | 2020-11-19 | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.date.submitted | December 2020 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8825 | |
Description | This thesis challenges previous historians' characterizations of Ferdinand Lindheimer as simply the "Father of Texas Botany" and defender of freedom. Instead, Lindheimer acted out of his own self-interest to preserve his German-American ethnic identity, and by extension the community he helped to build. Only when Anglo-American political and social issues endangered his community in the 1850s, did Lindheimer actively engage in the Anglo-American political sphere. Lindheimer expressed minimal concern for those oppressed by the dominant culture. Lindheimer used his publication, the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung, as a shield to protect himself and New Braunfels, the physical manifestation of this ethnic identity, from Anglo-American intrusion. In so doing, Lindheimer became the most visible German-American supporter of slavery, secession and the Confederacy in antebellum Texas. | |
Mimetype | application/pdf | |
Language | en | |
Publisher | East Carolina University | |
Subject | Adelsverein | |
Subject | Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Lindheimer, Ferdinand, 1801-1879 | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Slavery--Texas--History--19th century | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | German Americans--Ethnic identity | |
Title | IN DEFENSE OF SLAVERY: DILEMMA OF A GERMAN-AMERICAN CONFEDERATE IN ANTEBELLUM TEXAS | |
Type | Master's Thesis | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.date.updated | 2020-12-18T14:31:27Z | |
Department | History | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.name | M.A. | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.level | Masters | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.discipline | MA-History | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.grantor | East Carolina University | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.degree.department | History | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.access.option | Open Access | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.embargo.lift | 2022-12-01 | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.type.material | text | |