Emigration To The United States
Mack and several other Brethren emigrated to East Friesland due to pressure within the interfaith community in Schwarzenau in 1720. They stayed until 1729, when the impoverished community found it impossible to sustain itself. In 1719, a different Brethren group led by Peter Becker had already emigrated to Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for religious freedom. Mack and his followers sailed for Germantown to establish a community in the New World.
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