What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies?

Terms: Americanization; “asylum theme”; indenturers; American “Wake”; “push”/”pull”/”passage” ; ethnicity; nativism; assimilation; “Great Famine”; Federalist Party; Know Nothing Party; Homestead Act, 1862; Immigration Restriction League; “hyphenates”; other terms that fit into these narratives.

Question Choices:

Many immigrants came to America as “indenturers”. Their experiences, however, would vary considerably depending on their origin and circumstance, where they settled, and what they faced after having worked off the terms of their contracts. Your task is first to explain what being “indentured” meant. For example, the first Africans to be brought to America were originally considered “indentured”. Yet their fate would be very different from the whites who also came as “indentured”. What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies? Finally, use testimonies for each of the groups of immigrants you present.