Some immigrants from England paid for their passage to America by becoming indentured servants. Instead of paying for their passage in cash, they paid for it with labor. When their debt was paid, they were free to leave the service of their employer.
Indentured servants.
Indentured servants
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Indentured Servants. Look it up next time! Chapter 4's not that long.
Those who have contracted themselves to work for seven years in exchange for having their passage paid to reach America are called indentured servants. They often had to work for 7 or more years.
The term used for such people was indentured servants. Normally when their debts were paid they became free persons.
Indentured Servant
Indentured servants weren't from America, but were mainly English from England.
Indentured servants, also known as bondsmen and bondswomen.
The plantations system and the lack of indentured servants in America affected the status of Africans in America because Africans where slaves and the would work eternally unlike indentured servants who only worked temporarily.
The plantations system and the lack of indentured servants in America affected the status of Africans in America because Africans where slaves and the would work eternally unlike indentured servants who only worked temporarily.