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If you're talking about colonial America, indentureship was given in exchange for passage to the colonies, which people expected to be a land that would make them rich.

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Who be more likey to come to North america as an indentured servant a wealthy person or a poor person and Why?

A poor person would be more likely to become an indentured servant. A wealthy person wanting to migrate could pay for the ticket w/o becoming indentured.


What is the name for a person who made a contract to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the New World and a place to live?

an indentured servant


What did a indentured servant do?

An indentured servant is a person who either willingly wants to serve, or is kidnapped and forced to. An indentured servant usually serves from 4 to 7 years. They are provided with food, shelter, and clothing. At the end of their servitude, if the master is gracious enough, would give them clothing, food, a rifle, and scarcely some land. Only people of the white sort would be an indentured servant. If you were a slave, you could not become and indentured servant.


A person who trades labor for passage?

is a indentured servant


Person who trades labor for passage?

indentured servant


What is an indentured?

An indentured servant is a person who agrees to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.!!


Person who trades labor for passage is called?

.An Indentured Servant


Who came to the colonies as an indentured servant?

Any white person


What is the difference from an indentured servant and a slave?

the difference between an indentured servent and a slave is that an indentured servant only stays with the person for the amount of time that they (the person;people) desire. And a slave stays either for their whole life or until they are sold to another owner.


Was Indentured servant a white person or black?

I am almost positive that they were black


Who is a person who repays a debt by working for an period of time?

an indentured servant.


What was an indentured servent?

An indentured servant was a person who exchanged his or her work for a number of years to pay for the trip from Europe to the colonies.