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.
Indentured servants are people who have traded their unpaid servitude for a specific period of time for some type of consideration, usually money or transport to the place where
they are the same. stupid people
They used indentured servants.
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
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.
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
Slaves Indentured Servants
Similarities: Both slaves and indentured servants were considered property and could be bought and sold. They were often used as laborers in various industries. Differences: Slaves were owned for life and had no rights or control over their own fate, while indentured servants worked for a set period of time to pay off a debt or obligation and could eventually gain their freedom. Indentured servants also had some legal protections and could eventually become free members of society.
They used indentured servants.
New England had indentured servants
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
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.
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
New York had indentured servants and slaves.
The colony with few slaves but many indentured servants was Virginia. In the early days of the colony, before the widespread use of African slaves, indentured servants from England were a significant source of labor.
Indentured servants work less then enslaved people, they get more breaks then the slaves.
Slaves
slaves and indentured servants were first brought to north American to work producing
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