Letter from an Indentured Servant

September 18, 1618

Dear family,

             

As you know I signed this contract to work as a farm laborer or an indentured servant for Mr. Lawrence’s plantations for 7 years.  When I arrived in Virginia I saw some indentured servants that seem to come from different countries or from Africa. The conditions here in Virginia are harsh. Many of the indentured servants that I have known since I have arrived here died because of sickness and they died before their term ended. Some of the indentured servants survived after their contract ended and they were able to get their freedom and claim land for themselves. Some African indentured servants even became rich farmers. I realized that some sold themselves as indentured servants just to survive when I asked them why they came here to work.

I hope to survive these harsh conditions and to finish my contract so I would be able to get more money than I had before and to get my freedom. Sometimes I feel so weak it’s hard to work especially in the scorching sun and the plantations stretch out in the vast fields that it never seems to end the work to do. But I’ve learn many things from this experience and I would never give up until I get through these hardships. I also think that coming here I think was a good idea not only because I can survive but also because I learn new things everyday while I am staying here.

It’s been hard to live like this for a while and I really miss you all. Even though we struggled with money and food I would want to go back there in England. I have eaten more food at home than when I came here and I was losing a lot of weight that my clothes I brought seem to be bigger. But I also received some benefits for example they given a house, tools, food, and some clothes. Anyways I’m going to write to you all soon, God bless you all and hope to see you soon!

 

 

Sincerely,

Katherine Peterson

 

 

“If you could meet any famous person who is alive today, who would you pick and why?”

If I would meet anyone famous who is alive today I would meet Lea Salonga. Lea Salonga was born in February 22, 1971 in Manila, Philippines. She started acting and singing in the age of 7 and was in many musical productions such as Annie, The Sound of Music, and other musical productions. Lea was also the singing voice of Mulan and Jasmine in Aladdin. Now she is one of the most famous actresses and singers in the Philippines and in the world. I would like to meet her because I would want to ask her how she started her career and if she did any voice lessons or drama classes. Well I don’t think I’ll be a singer like her but I would just want to ask her about her motivations which made her rich and successful and I would want to learn more interesting things about her. 

The Role of Religion in Massachusetts Bay Colony and Saudi Arabia

 

 

The role of religion in Massachusetts Bay Colony and Saudi Arabia are similar and different. There are some similarities about the role of religion in Massachusetts Bay Colony and in Saudi Arabia. For example, immigrants from England migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of religion reasons and many people lost their jobs. Like Saudi Arabia, people moved here to get more jobs and to get a better raise on their salaries. The people in the colony also had to adjust to their new schedule that was different in England. Here is Saudi we also have to adjust to the schedule because of the prayer timings and also because the schedule in our home country was also different. Parents in the Massachusetts colony also chose their children’s marriage partners because the Puritans believed getting married involved transferring property from another family to another and like Muslims here, some people have arrange marriages.

There are also some differences about the role of religion in these places. The immigrants left England so they can pray freely and to build their own church in Massachusetts. But in Saudi Arabia there are no churches and it’s harder for Christians here to pray. Probably also that time, which is a long time ago, the women and men in the Massachusetts colony weren’t separated not like in Saudi women and men are separated. Also women in that colony have more freedom than the women here in Saudi Arabia because women in the bay colony. Teaching their children the Bible was important for the parents in the New England society while in Saudi schools and in our school students don’t even get to study the Bible because this is a Muslim country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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