> On a (somewhat) related topic, could anyone suggest some sources on Irish
> children or adults brought to North America as indentured servants. I
> have heard many were kidnapped or spirited away from Ireland to 17th and
> 18th century America.
Look for the writings/journal of ELIZABETH ASHBRIDGE a very obscure
woman writer of the time who was kidnapped and indentured before she
became a Quaker preacher.