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a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
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any deed, written contract, or sealed agreement.
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a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service.
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any official or formal list, certificate, etc., authenticated for use as a voucher or the like.
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the formal agreement between a group of bondholders and the debtor as to the terms of the debt.
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indentation
-verb (used with object)
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to bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
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Archaic . to make a depression in; indent; wrinkle; furrow
Indentured Service is when a person agrees to work for another in return for training, travel or education. It was first mentioned in the Torah, Bible as a person that was a gentile that wanted to become a Christian. They would give six (6) years of service to their teacher. The teacher/master would have them work their land or repair their home as they learned the Bible. This went on through the age's to where it was also used in the 13 Colonies. Anyone but a Christian could be an indentured servant. Any non-Christian could be an indentured servant, not based on color. This indentured servitude became 'slavery', (lifetime indentured service), first through the servant illegally breaking their contract and then finally through the greed of the teacher/master.
A person who trades labor for passage is called an indentured servant. These individuals would work for a specified period of time in exchange for their transportation to a new location, typically during the period of European colonization of the Americas.
An indentured servant is a person who agrees to work for a specified period of time in exchange for passage to a new country, food, clothing, and shelter. This type of servitude was common in the Americas during the colonial period.
Considerate.
Someone who had their trip to the united states paid for by a farmer in the colonies. This person would then have to work off their indenture for 4-7 years before they could become free. This allowed many immigrants from Europe to make it to the colonies who did not have enough money to do it themselves.
Stop treating me like an indentured servant!
An indentured laborer is a person who has sold their labour (work) to a landowner for a specified period of time. It was common practice for immigrants to America to sell their labour to landowners in the US in return for their passage over. It is a form of slavery.
Obligated, bound, contracted, articled...
When the squinted her eyes from the sun's bright rays, it was obvious that her forehead had been indentured because when she went into the shade there were small white lines left behind.
The prefix of indentured is the in.
No, the word 'indentured' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to indenture. The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective. The word 'indenture' is also a noun form, a word for an contract binding one person into the serve of another for a specified time; a word for an agreement; a word for a thing. The noun form of the verb to indenture is the gerund, indenturing.
An indentured servant was working off a debt to his employer, often the price of his passage to America.
Indentured servants
When an indentured servant was done serving his term with his "master" in the New World, the master gave him Freedom Dues. They consisted of land, possessions, and/or money. This was part of the agreement of the indentured servant's term.
Indentured servants, also known as bondsmen and bondswomen.
Some synonyms for indentured servants include apprentices, bondmen, and bonded laborers.
They used indentured servants.