"Popular" is a funny word to use for something akin to voluntary slavery. :-) Temporary indentured servitude was a common means for poorer people to make their way to the new world during colonial times.
being an indentured servant (Google indentured servant colonial times)
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Nathaniel Bowditch was around 21 years old when he completed his indentured servitude.