Indentured servants were free white people who were working off Passage to the new world. Slave were people who were owned by another person and were considered property and not human.
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
They used indentured servants.
New England had indentured servants
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
There were a significant number of indentured servants in the colony of New York. Slavery also existed in the colony, but it was not as prevalent as in some other southern colonies. However, over time, the number of slaves in New York grew due to various factors like the growth of the economy and labor demands.
Theoretically an indentured servant can eventually become free after he's worked long enough.
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.
Indentured servants and slaves were similar in that both groups were bound to perform labor for a specified period of time. However, indentured servants typically agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to a new country or other benefits, while slaves were considered property and had no control over their labor or freedom. Indentured servants could eventually gain their freedom after their term of service was completed, while slaves were perpetually owned and considered property with no rights.
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
Slaves
Slaves
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing