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When the Virginia colony was founded in 1607, the majority of unfree laborers in the colony were indentured servants, men and women who signed a legal contract called an indenture that bound them to work for a certain individual for a certain number of years, in exchange for which they received room, board, and some type of education or training.
Indentured servitude was a form of contracted slavery common in Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries. It took several different forms but most individuals were forced into indentured service by non-payment of debts.
Indentured servants and slaves were both forms of labor during the colonial era, but they had distinct differences in their attributes and experiences. While both groups were considered property and lacked personal freedom, their origins, legal status, terms of service, and opportunities for freedom varied significantly.
2 Οκτ 2024 · Indentured Servants were a common labor force in the English colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and many of the early settlers in the colonies were indentured servants. The system exploited some workers, as Indentured Servants were often not paid and were subject to harsh working conditions.
25 Μαΐ 2011 · In the West Indies, however, indentured servitude revived in many places after the abolition of slavery in the 1830s and 1840s. During the 19th century, large numbers of Indian and Chinese migrant laborers were bound into servitude to perform tasks once the responsibility of enslaved Africans.
6 Οκτ 2013 · Within this context, the review canvasses three major themes in servant scholarship: servant migration, the laws of servitude, and servitude's relationship to slavery.
Definition. Indentured servants were individuals who signed a contract agreeing to work for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to the New World, along with food, shelter, and other necessities.
