New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . HORi»KHH«Kt 202 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. OLD SNUFF BOXES. such alliances. Nor was it uncommon for the re-demptioner to secure a position in after life asone of His Majestys justices, although he seldomaspired to a seat in the House of Assembly orhoped for a place in council. The indentured servant was sometimes fromabroad, but usually from the locality in whichhis or her master or mistress lived. Boundunder agreement to learn a given art, trade, ormystery, the bound boy or girl entered a family,occupied a better posi
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . HORi»KHH«Kt 202 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. OLD SNUFF BOXES. such alliances. Nor was it uncommon for the re-demptioner to secure a position in after life asone of His Majestys justices, although he seldomaspired to a seat in the House of Assembly orhoped for a place in council. The indentured servant was sometimes fromabroad, but usually from the locality in whichhis or her master or mistress lived. Boundunder agreement to learn a given art, trade, ormystery, the bound boy or girl entered a family,occupied a better position than that of the slaveor redemptioner, and, under certain conditions ofsocial life, became one of the family. Among theSociety of Friends many of the sons of the wealthyplantation owners were indentured, under aneconomic phase of the religious teachings of the-Society, to the effect that every man shouldpossess and practice a trade or occupation. Thust was that trained artisans were to be foundthroughout the Quaker settlements of the west-ern portion of the province. The same rule to amore limited degree was
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