In any discussion of slavery, it would be a good idea to include the institution of indentured service. An indenture is essentially a limited term of slavery which is entered into voluntarily and b...
The project began in January 2020, intending to determine the number of colonial indentured servants in the British colonies of America. Over the past three years, we have uncovered thousands of na…
This indenture, or contract, dated May 20, 1784, states that James Bracken, a linen weaver from Armagh, Ireland, has agreed to serve a four-year term as an indentured servant in Virginia for Enoch Stickney or his heirs. In exchange for his services, the contract promises Bracken passage to Virginia on the ship Washington, "sufficient Meat, Drink, Apparel, Lodging, and all other necessaries befitting such a Servant," Read more about: Indenture of James Bracken
GUYANA INDENTURED SERVANTS “From Whence They Left: Paying homage to Indentured Servants 1834-1920″”The Indian indentureship program started as early as 1834. By 1839, about 6,100 …
Do you believe that your ancestors could have been indentured servants? It is estimated that as many as two-thirds of the people who came to the American colonies between the 1630s and the Revolution were. This guide will help you find them.
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Cinderella and Saxon Henry revisit The Decorative Fair of this past April to shop for garden ornamentation for her new home in the South of France.
Photograph shows five women immigrants sitting on dock at Ellis Island. Bain, George Grantham, 1865-1944, photographer For about three and half years, I worked on a Federal District Court attorney panel representing the "witnesses" in illegal alien "undocumented immigrant" cases. Over the years I was working for the District Court, I probably represented somewhere near a thousand people. I did not represent the immigrants individually. I was appointed to represent each group of immigrants that were "arrested" detained at the same time. The idea was that the "witnesses" had to remain in jail until the case against the smuggler or "coyote" was settled or went to trial. My representation consisted mainly of explaining to the immigrants why they were being kept in jail without any specific release date. I also interviewed them to see if they really had any useful information. This experience gave me a somewhat unique viewpoint about how the immigration laws worked in the United States. My frustration level was quite high because there was so little I could do for these poor people. Perhaps It helps to understand that at the time, I lived in Scottsdale, Arizona. Not the Scottsdale of resorts and high-priced stores, but the Scottsdale next to the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community. Across our back fence, was government subsidized housing. Now, it might also help to understand that I had lived for two years in Argentina and another two years in the Republic of Panama. I had also graduated with a B.A. degree in Spanish and an M.A degree in Linguistics. I was also a relatively newly graduate of the Arizona State University Law School. From that time, to the present, I have consistently been involved in speaking and teaching in Spanish. I also spent a couple of years teaching English to those who spoke Spanish. Let's just say that during some of the time I lived in Arizona, the politics towards immigrants were dominated by Maricopa County Sherrif Joe Arpaio. See “Joe Arpaio.” 2022. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Arpaio&oldid=1117846249. Sheriff Joe, was the Maricopa County Sheriff from 1993 to 2017. You might be able to understand from this description that I could have some strong feelings about immigration. I can only assume that despite the primary subject of genealogical research that some of my feelings might creep into my writing from time to time. That said, I have spent a lot of time trying to understand the immigration process and all the associated documents. Although there are rich and well-educated immigrants, most of them from the earliest times were ordinary people who came to America for jobs, land, or to escape war and persecution. My own ancestors came as early as 1620 from the Netherlands on the Mayflower and as recently as 1866 from Denmark. One of my great-grandfathers was an immigrant and additionally, six of the great-great-grandparents were immigrants. One of my first seemingly impossible immigrant issues reinforces the basic objective of immigrant research: finding the exact place of an event in the immigrant's place of origin. My Great-great grandfather Samuel Linton was from Northern Ireland. His daughter, who was born in the United States, was a genealogist. See “FamilySearch Catalog: Mary Ann Linton Morgan Documents — FamilySearch.Org.” n.d. Accessed November 26, 2022. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1222773?availability=Family%20History%20Library. What happened is that his daughter recorded his birthplace in Ireland, but the name of the place did not exist. I spent about 15 years, off and on, looking at maps, searching for similar place names and generally not making any headway. This scenario is a common genealogical situation. If you happen to have an exact place, not Germany or Ireland, for your immigrant you have likely already traced his or her family in the country of origin. Finally, after years of looking, I found a marriage record where Samuel Linton had signed his name and written his birthplace. This example summarizes the entire objective: searching for the place of origin.
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An original Virginia county, “Accawmack” was formed in 1634; renamed Northampton in 1642/3; and split into Northampton and Accomack Counties in 1663 (the northern part receiving the original name). In April 1663, court sessions were first held in the newly-formed Accomack County. They continued to be held almost every month. In this book, the second volume of court orders (dating from 1666 to 1670) has been abstracted. More than 1,700 individuals—Indians, African Americans, indentured servants, planters and commissioners—are named in these abstracts. Besides providing a wealth of names for researchers to work with, the court orders reveal valuable—and often entertaining—information concerning the region’s economy, relations between different segments of the population, construction of highways, justice system, social order and mores. Also included, as recorded in the court books, are tax lists and abstracts of wills and deeds. A page-number reference to the original source accompanies each abstract; and an every-name plus subject index guides users through this goldmine of data. “The sessions provided news, entertainment and social interaction for the isolated [county] inhabitants…one gets glimpses of real people as they break the Sabbath, commit fornication, speak out in their depositions or quote their neighbors. In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors’ relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors.” JoAnn Riley McKey 1996, 5½x8½, paper, index, 234 pp. ISBN: 9780788405686 101-M0568
