Throughout U.S. history, the country experienced successive waves of immigration, particularly from Europe and later on from Asia and from Latin America. Colonial-era immigrants often repaid the cost of transoceanic transportation by becoming indentured servants where the employer paid the ship's captain. In the late 19th century, immigration...
.jpg/500px-Mrs_E_Nishida,_ca_1921_(MOHAI_5357).jpg)
