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Theoretically an indentured servant can eventually become free after he's worked long enough.
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How are slaves different to indentured servants?
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
Did Jamestown use slaves or indentured servants?
They used indentured servants.
Did new England have indentured servants or slaves?
New England had indentured servants
Did Plantation workers include indentured servants and slaves?
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
Where there a alot of indentured servants or slaves in the colony of New York?
There never were slaves in NY, but there were indentured servants at first. Later, they faded out.
Why did the Jamestown settlers want indentured servants and slaves?
When the colonies required indentured servants or slaves it was to do the work. The first slave arrived in Jamestown in 1609 and after tobacco got a start in the colony workers were needed. Indentured servants didn't work out as well, so more slaves were brought in than indentured servants.
How were indentured servants similar and different from slaves?
Indentured servants were free people and signed a 7 year contract. Slaves were not free, they were bought and sold, put in chains, seen as property, and owned by other humans.
How many indentured servants did colonial New York have?
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their contracts as time went on planters replaced indentured servants with?
Slaves
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their contracts. As time went on Planters replaced indentured servants with?
Slaves
Slaves and indentured servants were first brought to North American to work producing?
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
Why did landowners prefer slaves to indentured servants?
Slaves could be worked longer and harder and treated poorer than indentured servants, making them a financially better deal for the owners. In addition, as the laws changed, the children of slaves became slaves themselves. Indentured servants would move on when their debt was paid.
