. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. intervals for foodand rest. Runaways could be seized and brought cruelly treated by master or mistress, servants couldlodge complaint, and if lamed or an eye struck out, theywere to be at once freed and due recompense made. If,however, servants complained against their owners with-out cause, or were unable to prove their case, they were enjoyned to serve three Months time extraordinary(Gratis) for every such ondue Complaint. No servantsexcept slaves could be assigned over to other masters bythemselves, Executors or Administrators for
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. intervals for foodand rest. Runaways could be seized and brought cruelly treated by master or mistress, servants couldlodge complaint, and if lamed or an eye struck out, theywere to be at once freed and due recompense made. If,however, servants complained against their owners with-out cause, or were unable to prove their case, they were enjoyned to serve three Months time extraordinary(Gratis) for every such ondue Complaint. No servantsexcept slaves could be assigned over to other masters bythemselves, Executors or Administrators for above theSpace of one year, unless for good reasons the law said, All Servants who have served Dilli-gently; and faithfully to the benefit of their Masters orDames five or Seaven yeares, shall not be Sent empty away,and if any have proved unfaithful or negligent in theirService, notwithstanding the good usage of their Masters, 130Penna. Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. VTIJ., pp. 32?_335- 222 The Pennsylvania-German About Irish Redemptioners. 223 they shall not be dismist till they have made satisfactionaccording to the Judgment of the Constable and Overseersof the parish where they dwell. 131 Irish Redemptioners. Almost every writer who has dealt with the Provincialperiod of our history has had something to say about thisservant slavery among the German immigrants, and yet itis rare to find allusions to the Irish servants who eithercame voluntarily or were sent over, who were also disposedof in precisely the same way, and who were as eminentlydeserving of the name of Redemptioners as any pas-sengers that ever came from the Rhine country. Theonly distinction I have been able to find between the Ger-man and Irish trade is that those who came from the Ger-man provinces, while for the most part poor and needy,were nevertheless honest peasants and handicraftsmen,who were not expatriated for any crimes, but who volun-tarily forsook their homes to bet
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