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Indentured servants lived in colonial America. If someone wanted to come to America but could'NT afford the ship ride over then they would find a weatly family to pay for their voyage over. Once they arrived the person would have to work for the amount of years that the sponserer wanted. If you were a child you worked until you were 21.

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