redemptioner

Redemptioners were European immigrants, generally in the 18th or early 19th century, who gained passage to America (most often Pennsylvania) by selling themselves into indentured servitude to pay back the shipping company which had advanced the cost of the transatlantic voyage. British indentured servants generally did not arrive as redemptioners after the early colonial period due to certain protections afforded them by law.

The Auction of Redemptioner Servants, Philadelphia, 1771鈥4: An Economic Analysis
Redemptioner Immigration to Pennsylvania: Evidence on Contract Choice and Profitability
The Auction of Redemptioner Servants, Philadelphia, 1771-1804: An Ecnomic Analysis
The Redemptioner
Early eighteenth century Palatine emigration : a British government redemptioner project to manufacture naval stores
Early Eighteenth Century Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores by Walter Allen Knittle
Right of Redemptioner of Assumed Bonds to Income Tax Deductions for Premium and Unamortized Discount
The Redemptioner
Indentured Servant
The migration of German redemptioners to North America, 1720–1820