The New York Times

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MISTRESSES AND MAID SERVANTS -- A COMPARATIVE STUDY

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Dallas Morning News

Event in Wylie looks at life for English servants

Calling all Downton Abbey fans: Registration begins Monday for "A Servant's Life: Upstairs, Downstairs, and In-between." Lorraine Heath will discuss what life was like for servants who worked below ...
The New York Times

AMERICANS BLAMED FOR TIPPING EVIL; Servants at English Country Houses Spoiled by Too Liberal Gifts. HOST WARNS A VISITOR Asks Wealthy American Not to Disorganize Household ...

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America Cannot Bear to Bring Back Indentured Servitude

In 1624, Jane Dickenson petitioned the governor of Virginia for relief from bondage. Four years earlier, her husband had signed a contract of indenture to pay for his immigration from England; it ...