Indentured Servitude
DBQ Essay Indentured servitude employed in the 17th and 18th centuries to recruit labor from western Europe. For North America it was brought back in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There were consequences and causes for bringing indentured servitude back. The causes were due to the ending of slavery and were also due to global economy. The consequences were living conditions, demographics of cultural shift and gender relations. The causes of indentured servitude were due to the global economy. In document 5, there are images of many people working on a farm. They have to stay working on the farm because they signed themselves to work for a certain number of years to pay off a debt or to get the money they needed. Document 2 is a chart that shows the number of former slaves and Asian Indians in Mauritius from 1835-1831. The former slaves had more men and women in Mauritius from 1835-1837, but from 1846-1851 the Asian Indians had more men in Mauritius than former slaves. In document 7, there is service and terms of agreement letter. The service and terms of agreement letter states the hours, where, how long, and the pay for the person that is going to work. The end of slavery also had a cause on indentured servitude. In document 2, it is an editorial in the “Natal Mercury” and it states that the labor in South Africa will be great beyond the possibility of its being supplied by their own native. In document 3, it shows a map of indentured migrations from when slavery ended. The migrations took place from 1835-1919. Document 4 shows a chart of the intercontinental flows of indentured of contract labor from the 19th century and the early 20th century. There were also consequences to bringing back indentured servitude. One of the consequences is living-conditions. The immigrants were led by spontaneous desire of bettering their conditions. They aren’t slaves, but there are working so much because they need to pay off a debt or they need money (document