These historic (primary source) documents originally written in Dutch. Click on title to download each document as a PDF.
Historic Document: Manifest of goods loaded aboard the Nieuwer Amstel, 1659.
Worksheet: Analysis of Nieuwer Amstel Ship Manifest
Historic Document: Record of an Indentured Servant's Contract, April 28, 1639. (with vocabulary exercise)
Worksheet: Document-based Questions
Historic Document: Summary of an Affidavit Concerning a Slave-Trading Voyage to New Netherland, 1663-1664, March 23, 1666. (with vocabulary exercise)
Worksheet: Document-based Questions