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What term is used for a person who came willingly to America and worked without pay?
The term used is "Indentured Servant". This was a person who worked without pay to pay off his debt of being transported to America.
Which best describes immigrants in the 1920s who were known as braceros?
They worked for low pay.
Who were obligated to work for masters to pay the cost of their passage to America?
They are called indentured servants. People in England in the early times of America asked wealthy people to provide money for their passage. In return, the people would work for the wealthy person, with no pay, for a set upon amount of years, generally from 5 to 7. When the indentured servants were freed, they were given some food and a small parcel of land to start their own farms.
Did the typical staff member of a settlement house work for little or no pay.?
worked for little or no pay.
Why is Georgia called debtors colony?
Georgia is called a debtors colony because it was created for debtors. In England, there were debtors clogging up the prisons. So people in debt where sent to Georgia to work off their debt. People were unable to pay off their debt and that is why Georgia came about. They took debtors out of the prisons and gave them a second chance. It worked and that is where debtors went.
