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1) Have a clearly defined thesis or main point, which is stated at the beginning of the essay, 2) support this thesis with sound logical arguments, which cite relevant facts and data, and 3) directly address the question(s) or relate the significance of a term. In the Colonial period of the 17th and 18th centuries thousands of settlers arrived in the colonies as indentured servants, who were expected to work without wages to pay off their debts, which included the cost of transportation to the colonies. Large estates and workshops continued to employ indentured servants in the Middle Colonies long after African slaves had largely replaced indentured servants as the labor force on tobacco and rice plantations in the Southern Colonies. Please read these accounts by individuals who at different times experienced life as indentured servants firsthand or witnessed the situation of indentured servants in the colonies. Richard Frethorne was an indentured servant in Virginia in 1623. George Alsop was an indentured servant in Maryland in the mid-17th century. Gottlieb Mittelberger was a schoolmaster and organist who wrote about the experiences of indentured servants in Pennsylvania around 1750. Hugh Jones was a clergyman and college professor in Virginia in 1724 who published a description of this colony.* After reading about these men and their experiences, answer all the questions in an essay. Be sure to support your thesis by referencing the writings of these men as well as relevant historical facts.
1. What do these writers tell us about the quality of life for indentured servants?
2. What were the incentives that drew these indentured servants away from their native lands to a region across the Atlantic Ocean at the cost of their personal freedom?
3. How might the testimony of these different writers help explain why African slaves replaced European indentured servants as the labor force in the Southern Colonies?
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