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Indentured Servant
The Experience of an Indentured Servant After reading the experience of Richard Frethorne It makes me sympathize with the colonists at least for the indentured servants. The frequent death and disease that they suffered. It must have been horrid to see people he may have gotten close in his journey just die. In fact most of them did. That’s what I would find that would be the worst the regularity of death, disease, and fights would leave me paranoid. His thoughts on his “fellows” seems to be low since he believes one has stolen his cloak and he does not seem to pity the rest. He does enjoy the company of a gunsmith called Goodman Jackson. I’m not sure whether his name is actually Goodman or it's a form of endearment. He gets fish from him

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