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Theoretically an indentured servant can eventually become free after he's worked long enough.
Adah Doyle
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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.
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 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.
What do Indentured servitude slaves and slaves have in common?
They are both slaves. An indentured slave has a choice and gets paid while a regular slave, has no choice and isn't paid. EDIT: They are not both slaves. An indentured servant works for room and board and passage to the New World for a set amount of time and still has rights and was treated humanely.
What colony has few slaves but many indentured servants?
Mass
How are slaves different to indentured servants?
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
How are indentured servants and slaves different?
Theoretically an indentured servant can eventually become free after he's worked long enough.
Did Plantation workers include indentured servants and slaves?
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
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.
Did Jamestown use slaves or indentured servants?
They used indentured servants.
Did new England have indentured servants or slaves?
New England had indentured servants
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.
How did indentured servitude benefit employers?
Indentured servants were cheaper to employers compared to slaves.
What are benefits for indentured slaves?
A benefit for indentured slaves is that they get their trip payed. They just need to work off the amount of years to pay back.
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 many indentured servants did colonial New York have?
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
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.
