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==Forty-Eighters==

==Forty-Eighters==

After the failure of the [[Revolutions of 1848]] thousands of German patriots fled Germany to the United States, England and Australia. Among the [[Forty-Eighters]] who became notable in the US were [[Carl Schurz]], [[Franz Sigel]], [[Louis Blenker]], [[Alexander Schimmelpfennig]], and [[Friedrich Hecker]]. They formed communities within [[New York City|New York]], [[St. Louis]] and [[Cincinnatti]], and became a prominant part of the populations of [[Wisconsin]] and [[Texas]].

After the failure of the [[Revolutions of 1848]] thousands of well-educated German patriots fled Germany to the United States, England and Australia. Among the [[Forty-Eighters]] who became notable in the US were [[Carl Schurz]], [[Franz Sigel]], [[Louis Blenker]], [[Alexander Schimmelpfennig]], and [[Friedrich Hecker]]. They formed communities within [[New York City|New York]], [[St. Louis]] and [[Cincinnatti]], and became a prominant part of the populations of [[Wisconsin]] and [[Texas]].

Almost universally, they hated [[slavery]] and joined the Union Army in great numbers during the [[American Civil War]].

Almost universally, they hated [[slavery]] and joined the Union Army in great numbers during the [[American Civil War]].