Runaway Indentured Servants

Student Worksheet

There are seven selected ads that advertise for runaway servants and slaves, who ran away together, captured together, or were owned by the same person. In addition, you may search for additional relevant ads. One search term that will yield useful ads is "Irish."

Fill out the charts below for several of the selected advertisements. Five charts are included below. When you have filled out the charts, answer the Conclusions questions below.

Part I- Images
Advertisement One:

Name of servant Servant Slave Similarities? Differences?
1. Names of the runaways

 

 

      
2. Clothing

 

 

      
3. Possessions, or things the runaway took with him/her

 

 

      
4. Professional skills ad says the runaway has/had        
5. Amount of reward offered        
6. What does the owner think the runaway will do?

 

 

      

 

Name of servant Servant Slave Similarities? Differences?
1. Names of the runaways

 

 

      
2. Clothing

 

 

      
3. Possessions, or things the runaway took with him/her        
4. Professional skills ad says the runaway has/had        
5. Amount of reward offered        
6. What does the owner think the runaway will do?

 

 

      

 

Name of servant Servant Slave Similarities? Differences?
1. Names of the runaways

 

 

      
2. Clothing

 

 

      
3. Possessions, or things the runaway took with him/her        
4. Professional skills ad says the runaway has/had        
5. Amount of reward offered        
6. What does the owner think the runaway will do?

 

 

      

 

Name of servant Servant Slave Similarities? Differences?
1. Names of the runaways

 

 

      
2. Clothing

 

 

      
3. Possessions, or things the runaway took with him/her        
4. Professional skills ad says the runaway has/had        
5. Amount of reward offered        
6. What does the owner think the runaway will do?

 

 

      

 

Name of servant Servant Slave Similarities? Differences?
1. Names of the runaways

 

 

      
2. Clothing

 

 

      
3. Possessions, or things the runaway took with him/her        
4. Professional skills ad says the runaway has/had        
5. Amount of reward offered        
6. What does the owner think the runaway will do?

 

 

      

 

Conclusions

6. Based on the above ads, what can you conclude about how owners perceived slaves, compared to how they perceived indentured servants?
7. Why do you think they held these different views?
8. Your answers to questions 6 and 7 are based on what information?
9. Do you think you have enough information to make these conclusions about all owners of indentured servants and slaves? What additional information would be helpful?