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Many people came to Pennsylvania and the other colonies as '''indentured servants'''. For an excellent discussion of "unfree labor," see Sharon V. Salinger, ''To Serve Well and Faithfully: Labor and Indentured Servants in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800'' (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1987; Family History Library book {{FHL|604594|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 E6ss}}. It includes the names of some individuals who were indentured servants. The sources Salinger used can provide examples of the kind of records to search to find out information about these individuals. | Many people came to Pennsylvania and the other colonies as '''indentured servants'''. For an excellent discussion of "unfree labor," see Sharon V. Salinger, ''To Serve Well and Faithfully: Labor and Indentured Servants in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800'' (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1987; Family History Library book {{FHL|604594|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 E6ss}}. It includes the names of some individuals who were indentured servants. The sources Salinger used can provide examples of the kind of records to search to find out information about these individuals. | ||
Various immigrant aid societies assisted poor Europeans who wished to settle in Pennsylvania, including: | |||
*The Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Emigrants and Persons Emigrating from Foreign Countries (organized 1793) | |||
*The Society of Ancient Bretons (1729), called The Welsh Society from 1802 forward | |||
*The St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia (1749) | |||
*The Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland (1790) | |||
*Hibernian Club of Philadelphia (1759) | |||
*Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (1771) | |||
*''Die Deutsche Gesellschaft zu Philadelphia'' (1764) | |||
*The Society of the Sons of St. George (1772) | |||
*''La Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance de Philadelphie, pour conseiller et secourir les Francais'' (1791) | |||
In the 1870s Pennsylvania attracted large numbers of immigrants from '''southern and eastern Europe'''. These included Slavs, Poles, Italians, Jews, Russians, and Greeks. During the 19th and especially the 20th centuries, blacks from the southern states also moved to Pennsylvania in large numbers. | In the 1870s Pennsylvania attracted large numbers of immigrants from '''southern and eastern Europe'''. These included Slavs, Poles, Italians, Jews, Russians, and Greeks. During the 19th and especially the 20th centuries, blacks from the southern states also moved to Pennsylvania in large numbers. | ||
For an account of some of these groups see: | For an account of some of these groups see: | ||
*Bodnar, John E. ''The Ethnic Experience in Pennsylvania.'' (Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 1973). {{FHL|257844|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 F2bo}}. | *Bodnar, John E. ''The Ethnic Experience in Pennsylvania.'' (Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 1973). {{FHL|257844|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 F2bo}}. | ||