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Redemptioners and indentured servants in the colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Date of Publication
[1901]
Call Number
331.62 G313
Responsibility
by Karl Frederick Geiser.
Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Conn
Publisher
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co.
Date of Publication
[1901]
Physical Description
128 p. 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Supplement to the Yale review, vol. X, no. 2, August, 1901.
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
Summary
Written in 1901, this books describes the systems that were developed to bring willing workers to the American colonies from Europe when they did not have the money to travel and to establish themselves in a new home.
Subjects
Redemptioners.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Ocean travel
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G313
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