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By the end of the 1600s, indentured servants were being given 25 acres of land, and their freedom. The first blacks that came to America in the 1610s were treated as indentured servants, and slavery was not decided on the basis.
They could not pay the voyage to come to America, or, they were imprisoned and wanted to pay off their debt.
They came from many countries. Some countries are:IrelandScottlandEnglandIndiaAfricaThere are many more.
paid for their voyage by working a set number of years.
indentured servants or slaves
Indentured servants weren't from America, but were mainly English from England.
George Taylor came to America as an indentured servant and signed the declaration.Answernone. indentured servants were considered low people because they were all poorHe had to work to pay for his passage to America.
by boats, white people on boats.
By the end of the 1600s, indentured servants were being given 25 acres of land, and their freedom. The first blacks that came to America in the 1610s were treated as indentured servants, and slavery was not decided on the basis.
Indentured servants paid off the cost of their voyage to the American colonies by working as unpaid labor for a period of time. Runaways would be hunted and returned. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, half of the white immigrants who came to America came as indentured servants.
They could not pay the voyage to come to America, or, they were imprisoned and wanted to pay off their debt.
They came from many countries. Some countries are:IrelandScottlandEnglandIndiaAfricaThere are many more.
paid for their voyage by working a set number of years.
Indentured Servants
fewer came to the Americas because conditions in England began to improve
People that came to America that could not pay their way were indentured servants.
indentured servants or slaves