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Essay Instructions: I am in need of a 10 page research paper on white (specifically Irish) servitude or indentured servants in Pennsylvania. The paper needs to be over the colonial time period. I have to use and cite three primary sources and three secondary sources. I am also to use Chicago style.
Possibly the paper will compare the Irish indentured servants to the German indentured servants.

Essay Instructions: I am an African American woman and I would like to have some references about the woman's perspective in the research portion of this paper, but not the entire paper.

I have listed the Professors instructions for this paper below.

INDENTURED SERVANTS AND COMPANY TOWNS (at least 4 pages not including the title or the ref. page)
This paper should be in either MLA or APA style.
Write a paper describing "indentured servants" and "company towns" in America. Then compare and contrast the two. (Although you can discuss modern day equivalents, I want most of your discussion to be about the original indentured servants and company towns.) Did you know that either of these existed in this country? What do you think was the underlying reason for these practices? (This second half is asking for your own personal opinions.)
(If you use outside sources, which I expect you to do for the first half of this paper but not for the second half, be sure to cite your sources in the body of the paper and provide a reference page. If you quote something directly, use quotation marks. It is okay to quote something directly as long as you put it inside quotation marks, but if you don't do this you are plagiarizing. If you do not know how to write a research paper, find that information on the eLibrary button Site.
(If you do not follow the instructions on avoiding plagiarism you could receive a zero on this assignment.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The research paper asks you to discuss indentured servants and company towns and then compare them for similarities and differences. You will need to research them separately. Also, I am looking for the original indentured servants and company towns, not modern day look-alikes. Please do not use Wikipedia to find out information on these topics - for the most part their information is limited at best and incorrect at worst.
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. I run every paper that I suspect might be plagiarized through a program that tells me if and from where the information was copied. Cite your sources correctly. Review "How To Write a Research Paper" if you are unfamiliar with the process. Remember that I do not expect you have know anything at all about this topic, so everything that you put into your paper has to come from somewhere. The comparisons must be your own. Those of you who have already read, or started to read, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair might want to relate some aspects of the book to what you learn for this paper.

Essay Instructions: This is direct word from professor.--->
These newspaper ads can be used both for slaves and indentured servants

The Geography of Slavery project contains more than 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants, drawn from newspapers in Virginia and Maryland, covering the years from 1736 through 1803.
The ads can be accessed in three different ways. First, you can search the ads based on values such as date of publication, place names mentioned, and ad type. Second, you can browse through the ads by date of publication or by place names mentioned. Third, you can perform a full text search of the ads.

Questions we can ask of the source:

Clothes, age, physical description, treatment under slavery, outcome of running away (a few cases only that have related documents).
Speculation based on known conditions of women in slavery: Safety in numbers? Concern for children?

Indentured servants: Clothes, age, physical description, treatment under servitude, outcome of running away (a few cases only that have related documents).
Speculation based on known conditions of women in servitude (such as convicted felons transported from Britain)

Assignment (2-3 pages, typed):

1. List the number of cases.
Based on cases you reviewed

2. Write a summary that describes

Clothing
Age
Physical description
Treatment under slavery/servitude
Outcome of running away (a few cases only that have related documents)

3. Assess of the lives of slaves and/or servants in the 18th century

Do NOT create a spreadsheet. Construct a narrative based on the
primary source information

Suggestions on how to organize your runaway advertisement essay: First of all, this should be in essay form ??" not a list. After you have looked at the ads, made notes, and analyzed the information, you will write a synthesis of what you found. In other words, you are going to take raw data and present what seem to you to be the general ideas,
tone, and information contained in the ads. As the questions on the assignment sheet indicate, you should look for clothing descriptions,body descriptions, and any evidence that points to the circumstances under which these women lived or particulars about their running away.
(By tone I mean what can you tell about the attitude of the owners towards their slave/servant from the language used in the ads). In other words, assemble a composite picture of life for slaves and servants based on these ads. Give examples. And if there are interesting, unique instances (of ill-treatment, items taken with them, etc), mention these.

--->So, I researched several newspaper advertisements looking for runaway slaves and chose 10 cases. (I will send them) You can choose 5 cases out of 10 cases and write about them based on the explanation above.
The professor said we need at least 5 cases so please choose 5 cases and explain it.

The ideal format of essay would be 4-5 short paragraphs for each case. so for example,
Case #1: Virginia Gazette (Parks) Williamsburg, From Friday, Oct. 8, to Friday Oct. 15, 1736
(When you write the essay, just write the title of the case like this, do not put whole report please.)
Paragraph 1: Explain about clothing and age
Paragraph 2: Physical description
Paragraph 3: Treatment under slavery/servitude
Paragraph 4: Outcome of running away (a few cases only that have related documents)
Paragraph 5: What you learn or feel about the case

and case 2, case 3, case 4, case 5 in the same format.

So I will send 10 cases and you can choose 5 of them...
Just in case, I will also send the professor's assignment sheet which is same as above explanation.
But one thing...there is a site that has bunch of old news ads (more than 900) and you can follow the prof. instruction and find the case that you like if you don't like my 10 cases..

If you have any questions, please ask me.
Thank you very much!!


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Essay Instructions: Both indentured servants and African slaves were used as sources of labor in the Americas. Compare and contrast the lives of each in the colonies. Also, explain why the colonies moved increasingly from indentured servants to slaves.