Record #:

20894

Author(s):

Dill, Alonzo Thomas, Jr.

Abstract:

This is a reprinting of council records from the State Archives of the Canton of Bern describing the deportation to North Carolina of a party of Swiss \"undesirables\" known as Bernese Anabaptists. The Bernese Anabaptists were criminalized for their faith in 1710. About 100 of these Swiss joined between 300 and 400 Germans in founding the City of New Bern under the leadership of Bernese nobleman, Christoph von Graffenried.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 40 Issue 3, July 1963, p361-374, f

Subject(s):

New Bern--History