, exploited and held politically and economically im- potent by their white employers, constituted a potentially revolu- tionary element. They were incapable of united and effective action, however, not only because of their vulnerable position in an over- whelmingly, powerful white society, but also because

called Mennonites. They were a simple hearted people and he united with them and became a lay elder. He had several children, of who Jacob the third was my grandfather. He was born in 1693 and migrated to this country in 1715. My grandfather was induced to come to America from the glow- ing description