indentured servant
a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, usually seven years, especially during the 17th to 19th centuries. Generally, indentured servants included redemptioners, victims of religious or political persecution, persons kidnapped for the purpose, convicts, and paupers.
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This state constitution outlined that existing indentured servants would remain in their contracts, and children born to them would be freed only at certain ages — women at 18, men at 21.
Loopholes have preserved slavery for more than 150 years after abolition | Caroline Kisiel | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostHughson had in his service an indentured servant,—a girl of sixteen years,—named Mary Burton.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. WilliamsOne was instigated by a perjurer and a heretic, the other by an indentured servant, in all probability from a convict ship.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. WilliamsIt provided that no indentured servant should be sold into another government without the approval of at least one justice.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. WilliamsThe planter navigated the boat himself unless he could provide a slave or an indentured servant.
Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia | Cerinda W. Evans
The only books were two Bibles; the list mentions a single indentured servant.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm Watkins
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