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indentured servants
the indentured servents
to have free labor
Free labor.
The people of the colonies needed slaves. As farmers began to use fewer indentured servants, slaves became very valuable. People were willing to pay a lot for labor. As slaves became popular, the slave trade grew. The slave trade brought millions of Africans across the Atlantic ocean in a voyage called the Middle Passage. This affected conditions on the Middle Pasage because people were willing to pay a lot of money for labor. So, for greater profits, slave traders fit as many slaves as possible on board into spaces not even three feet high. The Middle passage was a terrifying and deadly journey that could last as long as three months. Thousands of captives died on the harsh journey.
A person who trades labor for passage is called
debtors
An indentured slave/servant
indentured servants
A person who trades labor for passage is called an indentured servant. These individuals would work for a specified period of time in exchange for their transportation to a new location, typically during the period of European colonization of the Americas.
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They were indentured servants. It means that they get a free passage to America, but they had to work it off. Usually its 5 years of farm labor.
Some immigrants from England paid for their passage to America by becoming indentured servants. Instead of paying for their passage in cash, they paid for it with labor. When their debt was paid, they were free to leave the service of their employer.