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What reasons did some people have for becoming indentured servants?
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It was/is ( yes there are still indentured servants) a method to have their passage paid for to the colonies. They had many reasons to leave.
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Which signers of the Declaration of Independence were indentured servants?
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.
These people worked for no wages for years to pay for their transportation to the colonies?
Indentured servants
Was the group at the Philadelphia convention a fair representation of people?
No, Because there were no black, Woman, indentured servants, free black, young people or anyone anyone not at the age of 42 or 43 it was not a fair representation of people
What were indentured servents?
Indentured servants were servants who worked for a certain amount of years(usually 7) then were left to be free(or released). Usually they were African Americans traded for other products in Africa- in the triangular trade route.
Why were female slaves considered valuable?
Around the world female slaves were more valuable due to the fact that not only could they work but they created free worker's in the way of bearing children. Of course most people do not realize that slaves were in the beginning only indentured servants, as the holy bible explains: a person willing to exchange six years of their life for housing and education could do so as indentured servants. At the end of the six years they could stay on as workers or move on to work their own land or business.
How did many poor people get to the New World?
By becoming indentured servants
How did the planters get their indentured servants?
Using the headright system, people in England 100s of acres of land in America by becoming indentured servants for a period of time, usually 7 years. These indentured servants were most often used by the plantation owners in Virginia initially.
Which people made a contract to work in exchange for transportation to the American colonies?
indentured servants
How did many poor people from Europe get to the new works?
Many poor people were able to get to the new world from Europe by becoming indentured servants.
Some planters viewed indentured servants as?
Planters viewed indentured servants as people with no friends and should get a life.
Why did indentured servants need their master's permission to marry?
The indentured servants were bought by their masters. The master saw them not as people, but as animals. The indentured servants could not do much without the permission of there masters.
Colonists who agreed to work for another in return for passage to America were called?
Indentured servants, also known as bondsmen and bondswomen.
How are slaves different to indentured servants?
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
What colony or colonies have indentured servants?
all of the colonies had indentured servitude and i think people still do it
How were the European settlers who came to north America persecuted before they left their native lands?
Not all European settlers were persecuted and there are many reasons why people go to places. Those who were persecuted were people like the Quakers who were arrested and jailed by the English government. Others came as indentured servants to pay for their passage. Even today there are indentured servants. So, the reasons vary.
How were indentured servants different then slaves?
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.
What is the difference between enslaved people and indentured servant?
Indentured servants work less then enslaved people, they get more breaks then the slaves.
