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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Forty-two German men, women, and children set out for the British American Colonies from the Siegerland of Germany in 1714 and became the First Germanna Colony in Virginia. They had been recruited as miners by the Georg Ritter Company's agent Johann Justus Albrecht. Even though most were not miners by trade, they had connections and experience with the mining industry as there were many small mines in the Siegerland where most men worked occasionally. Christoph de Graffenried, one of the investors in the Georg Ritter Company, experienced setbacks in the Carolinas and was returning to Switzerland. He was surprised to find Albrecht and the Germans in London upon his arrival. He recommended they return to their homes as the Georg Ritter Company was bankrupt but, as some had left without permission, they were unable to do so. De Graffenried arranged for the Germans to be sponsored by Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood as indentured servants, hoping to have them mine silver. Spotswood settled them in Virginia at a fort on the Rapidan River named Fort Germanna. This group settled at Germantown in present Fauquier County, Virginia after the completion of their indenture. |
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