Slaves are purchased by an owner and are slaves for the rest of their lives. no pay.
An indentured servant is someone that works for someone for a set amount of time. after that time is up, they are free to do as they will.
The colony with few slaves but many indentured servants was Virginia. In the early days of the colony, before the widespread use of African slaves, indentured servants from England were a significant source of labor.
Slaves replaced indentured servants as a system of labor in many colonies in the Americas. Indentured servants were individuals who worked in exchange for passage to the Americas and eventual freedom, while slaves were forced into lifelong servitude without hope of freedom.
they coulld use slaves longer
True. Plantation workers may include both indentured servants and slaves, who were historically used to perform labor on plantations. Indentured servants were often individuals who exchanged labor for passage to a new country, while slaves were forced into labor through ownership.
The majority of indentured servants were in the northern colonies, such as New York and Pennsylvania, while the southern colonies, like Virginia and South Carolina, had more slaves due to their reliance on plantation agriculture. Of these, Virginia had the most indentured servants, while South Carolina had relatively fewer slaves compared to other southern colonies.
Indentured servants work less then enslaved people, they get more breaks then the slaves.
Slavery was for life. Servitude was for a specified limited time.
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No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
Indentured Servants choose to serve and do so in exchange for a place to sleep, food, and a possible reward of land in return for a set amount of time in service. slaves are forced to serve against their will and if freed they are owed no reward
They used indentured servants.
Indentured Servants had a specific end date written into their contracts, so that when the contract expired, they will have worked off their debt to their employer. A Slave is the Chattel (movable property) of the owner and belongs to the master for life.
New England had indentured servants
They were not the same. Indentured servants were to serve 7 years, but often they left before they finished their time. They could blend in so it made it hard to find them, but any person who was black was a slave and needed a pass to leave the plantation. Indentured servants were paid and free after 7 years. Slaves were never paid and were considered property.
A benefit for indentured slaves is that they get their trip payed. They just need to work off the amount of years to pay back.
Slaves are owned by other people. Indentured servants signed a 7 year contract and were free people.
Indentured servants were cheaper to employers compared to slaves.