. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. tory of the Germans of Pennsylvania ; one that the historianreluctantly deals with, so mnbt full of sorrow and heart-break is it. So abominable and in-human were the dealingsof the Newlanders, ship-masters, ship-owners andmost of the commissionmerchants with these help-less immigrants, and sosad and sorrowful the fateof many of them, that thewrath of the reader is alsoaroused and the denunci-ation has become universal. The same incidents are toldby them all, and the worst are of course chosen for expo-sure ; the same tale of starvation and pe
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. tory of the Germans of Pennsylvania ; one that the historianreluctantly deals with, so mnbt full of sorrow and heart-break is it. So abominable and in-human were the dealingsof the Newlanders, ship-masters, ship-owners andmost of the commissionmerchants with these help-less immigrants, and sosad and sorrowful the fateof many of them, that thewrath of the reader is alsoaroused and the denunci-ation has become universal. The same incidents are toldby them all, and the worst are of course chosen for expo-sure ; the same tale of starvation and pestilence and deathis rehearsed so that we almost insensibly reach the conclu-sion that from the beginning until the end, there was onelong, continuous cloud over the horizon of these people, un-relieved by a single rift and un-illumined by a single ray. Almost every writer whom I have consulted has writtenonly in terms of unqualified condemnation of the evils thatarose out of the system of bonded servants. There ishowever one noteworthy barbers basix, ix use 150years ago. 300 The Pennsylvania-German Society. Elder Johannes Naas, who, next to Alexander Mack, wasthe most celebrated and influential member of theTaufer orBrethren church in Germany, came to this country in1733. Shortly after his arrival he wrote a long letter to hisson, Jacob Wilhelm Naas, who was living in Switzerland atthe time, in which all the incidents and circumstances ofhis voyage are minutely detailed. The letter is well worthreading by every one who has an interest in the events Ihave been trying to depict. Want of space prevents itsappearance here in its entirety. The concluding portionbears directly on the case of the Redemptioners, and con-trary to the customary practice, the writer regards thatquestion favorably, rather than otherwise, for which reasonI quote that part of his letter. Elder Naas Letter. Now that we have safely arrived in this land and havebeen met by our own people in great l
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