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They were not the same. Indentured servants were to serve 7 years, but often they left before they finished their time. They could blend in so it made it hard to find them, but any person who was black was a slave and needed a pass to leave the plantation. Indentured servants were paid and free after 7 years. Slaves were never paid and were considered property.
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∙ 13y agoThey were both often treated badly and looked down on by many in society.
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∙ 13y agoNo, because immigrants come voluntarily to a new country, and slavery is involuntary.
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∙ 13y agoNo, because immigrants come voluntarily to some other place, and slavery is involuntary.
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How are indentured servants controlled by their masters?
In the early days of the American colonies, slaves and indentured servants had no rights worth speaking about. More so with slaves. However, in order to have indentured servants and slaves work to full capacity, these poor people were treated well enough to keep them fed & housed. Some of course were badly mistreated, tortured and killed.
What is a difference between the indentured servants and slaves?
Indentured servants were people who worked for a limited time, usually 4 or 5 years, provided with food and shelter by their masters, and were then on their own. They were supposed to be provided with supplies when done working but most weren't. Slaves were forced to work their entire lives, and while one could choose to be an indentured servant in order to obtain passage to America, slaves were forced against their will to serve.
How were enslaved people treated differently from indentured servants?
Indentured servants were poor people from England (sometimes prisoners) whose trip to the colonies was payed for by someone wealthier than them. In return, they had to work for that person for a number of years without pay. Slaves (usually African or of African descent) in the American Colonies, were people who had been taken by slave ship and sold in the Americas. They work their whole lives without pay, and their "owners" can do anything they want with them. Another thing is, the indentured servant's children were born free, as the slaves children were born slaves and looked after until they were old enough to work. In summary, Indentured Servants were treated as workers, Slaves were treated as property.
How was a slave different than an indentured servant?
First of all indentured people were NOT Slaves. They were people who signed a contract for 7 years to work off the cost spent for them to come to the colonies ( actually there are indentured servants still today). A slave was a human who was bought and sold. They had no say in their life, they were in chains, they had their identity taken from them, they were not free to leave or decide any thing about how they spent their life. The indentured servant was a free white who did decide how to live their life.
What was indentured servants wages?
No, however, when they were finished with their time, (which was usually 5-7 years) they got to stay in the new world even though they didn't have the money. You see, however they were working for had paid for their trip to the new world because they needed an extra worker, or they needed someone to tend for the garden. Whatever the reason may have been, they each got the same thing in the end, FREEDOM, and a chance to start their lives over in the new world.
How are indentured servants controlled by their masters?
In the early days of the American colonies, slaves and indentured servants had no rights worth speaking about. More so with slaves. However, in order to have indentured servants and slaves work to full capacity, these poor people were treated well enough to keep them fed & housed. Some of course were badly mistreated, tortured and killed.
What is a difference between the indentured servants and slaves?
Indentured servants were people who worked for a limited time, usually 4 or 5 years, provided with food and shelter by their masters, and were then on their own. They were supposed to be provided with supplies when done working but most weren't. Slaves were forced to work their entire lives, and while one could choose to be an indentured servant in order to obtain passage to America, slaves were forced against their will to serve.
How were enslaved people treated differently from indentured servants?
Indentured servants were poor people from England (sometimes prisoners) whose trip to the colonies was payed for by someone wealthier than them. In return, they had to work for that person for a number of years without pay. Slaves (usually African or of African descent) in the American Colonies, were people who had been taken by slave ship and sold in the Americas. They work their whole lives without pay, and their "owners" can do anything they want with them. Another thing is, the indentured servant's children were born free, as the slaves children were born slaves and looked after until they were old enough to work. In summary, Indentured Servants were treated as workers, Slaves were treated as property.
What is the difference between slaves and indentured survents?
Slaves are purchased by an owner and are slaves for the rest of their lives. no pay. An indentured servant is someone that works for someone for a set amount of time. after that time is up, they are free to do as they will.
Why were so many people willing to be come indentured servants?
If gave a chance to better their lives (Apex)
What is the difference between a slave and a servant?
Slaves were forced to do things, even though they didn't like it. Servants were like assistants but they lived better lives than the slaves
What servants sold there labor for passage?
One group of servants who sold their labor for passage were indentured servants. These individuals would enter into a contract, typically lasting for a set number of years, in which they would work for a person or company in exchange for transportation to a new country. Once their contract period was completed, they would be free to establish their own lives and typically received some form of compensation or land.
Who mines for blood diamonds?
Usually illegally indentured servants -- indentured at gunpoint, who dig by hand for stones in exchange for their lives or the lives of their families. All natural diamonds are 'made' by Mother Nature, deep within the earth's mantle. That some stones erupt into political geographies is a sad phenomenon that hovers over all of Mother Nature's gifts to humans.
How was a slave different than an indentured servant?
First of all indentured people were NOT Slaves. They were people who signed a contract for 7 years to work off the cost spent for them to come to the colonies ( actually there are indentured servants still today). A slave was a human who was bought and sold. They had no say in their life, they were in chains, they had their identity taken from them, they were not free to leave or decide any thing about how they spent their life. The indentured servant was a free white who did decide how to live their life.
What was indentured servants wages?
No, however, when they were finished with their time, (which was usually 5-7 years) they got to stay in the new world even though they didn't have the money. You see, however they were working for had paid for their trip to the new world because they needed an extra worker, or they needed someone to tend for the garden. Whatever the reason may have been, they each got the same thing in the end, FREEDOM, and a chance to start their lives over in the new world.
What was an indentured survent?
Indentured servitude was a type of forced labor in early America. It was most prevalent in Jamestown and other early colonies. Basically, how it works is: Steve wants to go to America from the old world, but is too poor to pay for boat passage. Henry is rich and going to America, and tells Steve, "Hey, if you work for me for a few years (commonly about 4, later around 7 years) I'll pay for your passage to America." However, indentured servants would SELDOM, if ever, live out their contracts. For this reason, many people say the system of indentured servitude was the same as the institution of non-racial slavery, because the indentured servants worked for no pay for the rest of their lives. The system of indentured servitude started to collapse when servants started to outlive their contracts. It was replaced before long by a racial system of slavery brought to the present-day lower 48 states from the Caribbean.
What religion did indentured servant have?
Indentured servitude was a form of debt bondage for the journey to the New World in the 18th century, the American colonies. by being a servant (basically a slave) for somebody who couldafford to pay both individuals' passes to the United States. A majority of the servants were Anglican, not Puritan, and while religion did play a large role in everyday lives, the culture was more commercially based.
