I am having a hard living here in England
so I need to move,I can not afford it. Life was
pretty tough over here. I want to try to
go over to Jamestown, because I heard that I can
have a good living over there. I went go over
and they told me that the only way I can get
taken to Jamestown and live there is if I work
for them for a couple years. So I agreed to work
for some farmers on there farm. They told me
that I had to go on the ship called the May-
Flower. I would be called an Indentured Servant
and that was the only way I would be able to
pay my passage to Jamestown.I told them my
name, Richard, and they did not care.
I am on my way to Jamestown and I Know the
work is going to be hard. I am Going to be
working for this man named Captain John Smith
and I heard this guy works you really hard.
Well, Life is going okay over here. It isn't
as bad as England. I have been working every
single day to pay off my passage. I think I
am going to skip work tomorrow because I need
a break. I have been doing really good with
my work so I think John Smith will let me
The next day after I skipped work, I went
up to Captain John Smith and I asked him
for my pay and he told me that I don't get a
pay for the day I skipped.I have to work every day
without taking any days off. He told me his
little modo that if you do not work for me
you do not get any food from me. I did not
know that. Now I knew that I had to work
every day.During this time there was a lot
of Firsts going on at this time. There was
the First Legislature which makes laws.
Then there was the First Women and there
was the First Blacks. The First Legislature
was in the House of Burgesses. Back to the
subject, Ihave been working for about four
years now and the farmer came up to that
I worked for told me that my passage was
paid for and I could live like a regular person....