For this project, you are going to write a documents based essay. The subject you are going to address is whether an indentured servant was a slave. There is no right answer. However, you must take a position and then defend it using primary source documents.
You are only allowed to use both primary and secondary source documents. However, you must use at least 4 primary source documents.
Essential Question - Is an indentured servant a slave?
Educational Objectives:
1. The student will display an indepth understanding of the nuances of being an indentured servant.
2. The student utilizes the documents in a way which promotes the understanding of the nuances of being an indentured servant.
Sources:
1. There are five sources found in your reader. (Pages 65 - 74)
2. The Virtual Jamestown site has various primary sources, including the results of lawsuit which indentured servants brought trying to seek their freedom.
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/courtrecords.html
3. This is article which deals with punishments which indentured servants received.
http://www.cliometrics.org/publications/indentured.htm
4. Read about the experiences of Richard Frethorne.
5. These are links to two indentured servant contracts
www.virtualjamestown.org/wbind1.html
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1046
6. These are newspapers ads seeking runaway slaves & indentured servants. You will have to clink on the link to see the ad.
http://www.irelandoldnews.com/History/runaways3.htm