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The colonies had two types of society classes. A form of Aristocracy, which was modeled after those in England, and refers to the upper class or privileged class of society. The other class was the Indentured Servants, which included the poor, either White or Black.
Temporary servitude was one of the means by which poor Europeans could come to America. In return for the ship passage they would sign a contract, or indenture, agreeing to work without pay for a specific period of time, usually three to five years. there was no social stigma attached to this type of servitude. Moreover, indentured servants had specific legal rights that could be enforced in court.
When an indentured servant's time was up, he or she entered into American society with full legal rights. Upon becoming free, servants were entitled to "freedom dues." These included a suit of clothes, farming tools, and in some colonies, 50 acres of land.
Nearly a third of the Europeans who came to America before the Revolutionary War, paid for their transport with temporary bondage. However, the issue of Black slaves would slow down the indentured servant process.
This was because and indentured servant would eventually be free. Whereas a Black slave was property, and it was cheaper in the end to own a Black Slave, than to have an indentured servant working for you.
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Who people who agree to work in exchange for passage to the colonies?
indentured servents
What system allowed people to free passage to the colonies in return for a promise to work?
The Headright System! Indentured Servitude
Who are people who promised to work for a period of time in exchange for travel to the colonies?
The individuals were known as indentured servants.
How did indentured servitude allow more people to settle in the colonies?
Indentured Servitude offered lower class people a chance to become a farmer in the New World. By offering their life (basically) for the next 7 years a person could have their passage to the New World paid.
Why did colonists turn to slave labor rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s?
There was a decline in availability of indentured servants from England. The indentured servants from England weren't good workers. Indentured servitude was outlawed in the colonies.
What colony or colonies have indentured servants?
all of the colonies had indentured servitude and i think people still do it
Which people made a contract to work in exchange for transportation to the American colonies?
indentured servants
Who are the groups of people who came to the colonies involuntarily?
indentured servants or slaves
People who agree to work in exchange for passage to the colonies?
indentured servents
What are people who agreed to work in exchange for passage to the colonies?
Indentured Servants
People who agree to work in exchange for passage to the colonies are?
Indentured Servants
Who are the people who agreed to work in exchange for passage to the colonies?
Indentured Servants
Who people who agree to work in exchange for passage to the colonies?
indentured servents
What system allowed people to free passage to the colonies in return for a promise to work?
The Headright System! Indentured Servitude
These people worked for no wages for years to pay for their transportation to the colonies?
Indentured servants
What reasons did some people have for becoming indentured servants?
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.
What system allowed people free passage to the colonies in return for agreement to work?
indentured service
