During the American colonial period thousands upon thousands of Europeans and Africans voyaged from their native lands to the uncertainties and hardships of the New World. some came as free men and women; some came as bond servants; some came as prisoners; and some came as slaves. This Jackdaw gives a picture of the surging masses of immigrants who began to fill the "melting pot" of the future United States of America. (21 items, including a study guide).