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An indentured servant is a person who either willingly wants to serve, or is kidnapped and forced to. An indentured servant usually serves from 4 to 7 years. They are provided with food, shelter, and clothing. At the end of their servitude, if the master is gracious enough, would give them clothing, food, a rifle, and scarcely some land. Only people of the white sort would be an indentured servant. If you were a slave, you could not become and indentured servant.
An indentured servant was someone who was basically a slave until they paid back what they owed to their "master." Here are some sentences.In order to come to America, Molly became an indentured servant to Captain Mitchell.The indentured servants did most of the work around the house.It was common for people to become indentured servants to pay off a debt.Indentured servants worked hard for their masters in return for their masters paying for their journey to the New World.
Slavery and indentured servitude both require the person serving to be complete slave to their master. The only difference is, an indentured servant choses to be a slave to pay off a debt, and when their dept is fully paid they no longer have to be a slave. But a slave is forced to be a slave, and their master owns them.
Indentured Service is when a person agrees to work for another in return for training, travel or education. It was first mentioned in the Torah, Bible as a person that was a gentile that wanted to become a Christian. They would give six (6) years of service to their teacher. The teacher/master would have them work their land or repair their home as they learned the Bible. This went on through the age's to where it was also used in the 13 Colonies. Anyone but a Christian could be an indentured servant. Any non-Christian could be an indentured servant, not based on color. This indentured servitude became 'slavery', (lifetime indentured service), first through the servant illegally breaking their contract and then finally through the greed of the teacher/master.
The master was looking for cheap labor, while the servant was looking for transatlantic passage to the new world. In exchange for the voyage over the servant would pay back his master by working for 3-7 years. After that te master would grant them freedom dues including a few barrels of corn, a suit of clothes, and perhaps a small parcel of land.
An indentured servant is a person who either willingly wants to serve, or is kidnapped and forced to. An indentured servant usually serves from 4 to 7 years. They are provided with food, shelter, and clothing. At the end of their servitude, if the master is gracious enough, would give them clothing, food, a rifle, and scarcely some land. Only people of the white sort would be an indentured servant. If you were a slave, you could not become and indentured servant.
When an indentured servant was done serving his term with his "master" in the New World, the master gave him Freedom Dues. They consisted of land, possessions, and/or money. This was part of the agreement of the indentured servant's term.
When an indentured servant was done serving his term with his "master" in the New World, the master gave him Freedom Dues. They consisted of land, possessions, and/or money. This was part of the agreement of the indentured servant's term.
Yes an indentured servant was someone who was indebted to a "master" because of a favor the master had done for him/her, or because the servant owes the master money that he is unable to repay. The indentured servant actually isn't even necessarily the person who is indebted. Sometimes, the servants father, grandfather, etc is the one who began the debt, but the family is unable to get out of servitude. The servants were paid so little that they could almost never buy their freedom back.
An indentured servant was someone who was basically a slave until they paid back what they owed to their "master." Here are some sentences.In order to come to America, Molly became an indentured servant to Captain Mitchell.The indentured servants did most of the work around the house.It was common for people to become indentured servants to pay off a debt.Indentured servants worked hard for their masters in return for their masters paying for their journey to the New World.
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Slavery and indentured servitude both require the person serving to be complete slave to their master. The only difference is, an indentured servant choses to be a slave to pay off a debt, and when their dept is fully paid they no longer have to be a slave. But a slave is forced to be a slave, and their master owns them.
Indentured servitude was a system where individuals agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to a new location or other benefits. This practice was prevalent in the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly in the Americas, where Europeans would work as indentured servants in exchange for land or other opportunities. It was a form of temporary labor contract, distinct from lifelong slavery.
Indentured Service is when a person agrees to work for another in return for training, travel or education. It was first mentioned in the Torah, Bible as a person that was a gentile that wanted to become a Christian. They would give six (6) years of service to their teacher. The teacher/master would have them work their land or repair their home as they learned the Bible. This went on through the age's to where it was also used in the 13 Colonies. Anyone but a Christian could be an indentured servant. Any non-Christian could be an indentured servant, not based on color. This indentured servitude became 'slavery', (lifetime indentured service), first through the servant illegally breaking their contract and then finally through the greed of the teacher/master.
Indentured servant is more politically correct way to say legal slave control. Simply because the servant signs and bounds themselves in a contract for payment of travel expenses or housing. But because they have signed and indentured themselves to the master the debt can be increased on the master's side causing the servant to forever pay a debt back. Think student loans and mortgage payments when you have bad credit.
The master was looking for cheap labor, while the servant was looking for transatlantic passage to the new world. In exchange for the voyage over the servant would pay back his master by working for 3-7 years. After that te master would grant them freedom dues including a few barrels of corn, a suit of clothes, and perhaps a small parcel of land.
Here is one example of contracting to work for a master. Very often in the early days of colonialism in the 13 British colonies, persons would agree to work as indentured servants to either get to the New World, or if already there, to become such a servant for a specified number of years. Quite often this was also a method for the servant to gain knowledge about a trade or craft. One could be a servant in a blacksmith shop and learn this craft for room & board, no pay. At the end of the designated amount of time the indentured servant would become a free man and very likely either work for pay in the craft or if lucky be able to open their own place of business.