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*In the 1770s''''' redemptioners (the equivalent of indentured servants)''''' from Germany immigrated in one of two ways. One way was for an individual to make arrangements before leaving home to work for an American farmer or tradesman for a certain number of years in return for his passage fare. The other way was for an individual to agree to be sold into servitude by the ship captain in compensation for his passage to America. Most of the redemptioners settled in Pennsylvania. | *In the 1770s''''' redemptioners (the equivalent of indentured servants)''''' from Germany immigrated in one of two ways. One way was for an individual to make arrangements before leaving home to work for an American farmer or tradesman for a certain number of years in return for his passage fare. The other way was for an individual to agree to be sold into servitude by the ship captain in compensation for his passage to America. Most of the redemptioners settled in Pennsylvania. | ||
*A good website to identify indentured servants, convict servants, or redemptioners is the [ | *A good website to identify indentured servants, convict servants, or redemptioners is the [https://immigrant.pricegen.com/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database ] sponsored by Price and Associates. | ||
===='''Pre-1820 Passenger Lists:'''==== | ===='''Pre-1820 Passenger Lists:'''==== | ||
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