and diversity. Indentured servants and slaves were systematically utilized by the English Crown to expand its economic pursuits and solve domestic issues. Endless American land and cheap labor were to ensure a prosperous and flourishing economy that would propel England from a small island nation to a global imperial power. However‚ both indentured servants and slaves demonstrated characteristics that may alter one’s perception of each of their respective labor systems. Indentured servitude was
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Slaves and indentured servants date back to the early 1500s when the Spanish expeditions claimed the southwestern part of the new world. Although slavery was outlawed‚ it was still practiced unlawfully. By the early 1700s most of the European immigrants came to the new world as indentured servants. Most came voluntary looking for better opportunities. Indentured servants served term with some being as short as three years. Moreover‚ unless they were felons they were even given “freedom dues” such
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the Civil War‚ slaves and indentured servants were considered personal property‚ and they or their descendants could be sold or inherited like any other personality. Like other property‚ human chattel was governed largely by laws of individual states. Generally‚ these laws concerning indentured servants and slaves did not differentiate between the sexes. Some‚ however‚ addressed only women. Regardless of their country of origin‚ many early immigrants were indentured servants‚ people who sold their labor
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in England’s Virginia colony. The settlers in England’s Virginia colony faced a number of hardships‚ eventually the colony’s economy would prosper through the use of tobacco‚ but tobacco helped the social change of the colony by turning to indentured servants and slaves to do work on the labor-intensive tobacco plantations. From the start of the Virginia colony‚ the settlers had many hardships. One of the hardships was the war with the indians. A quote from Susan Kingsbury‚ ed.‚ The Records of
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Indentured Servitude Richard Frethorne‚ an indentured servant‚ wrote a letter to his parents dated March 20-April 3‚ 1623 in which he describes his experience as an indentured servant. Richard Frethorne was a young Englishman who like many other poor 17th century Englishmen were struggling to make ends meet back in England. Frethorne embarked on his journey to the America’s as an indentured servant in order to find a better life. Merchants in England took advantage of these poor people and recruited
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Gunston Hall Field Trip Assignment Indentured Servant Before I even got off the bus the beauty and amazement of Gunston Hall and all of the land that surrounded it caught me off guard. To start‚ there was so much land and George Mason once owned every bit of it. Next‚ when you actually approached Gunston Hall‚ you realized how breath taking it was. From the picturesque house with impressive woodwork in the front parlor all the way to the well kept gardens. Everything was perfect‚ but then it hit
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Tina Tenhopen Mod 3 “Unthinking Decision? Why Did Slavery Emerge in Virginia?” June 9 2008 Virginia’s decision to shift from indentured servants to slaves during the course of the 17th century was contributed by the belief that Africans and their “blackness” was cause by a curse and a natural infection of the blood. (http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu #2) Colonist believed that during the great flood Cham‚ son of Noe‚ disobeyed the commandment of God and the punishment was that he be cursed with
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Introduction__________________________________________________________3 Terms under which indentured servants were bound to labour in comparison to those which bounded the enslaved __________________________________________________5 Conditions faced by the indentured servants in the middle passage in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_______________________________________________________6 Conditions faced by the indentured servants on the plantations in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_________________________________________________________7
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toward indentured servitude? B. It is necessary for government stability and it offers many benefits to the person of servitude. 5.) T or F. In general‚ the author feels that an indentured servant will have a good life in Maryland. TRUE 6.) According to the author‚ the length of servitude(being a servant) may last? C. 4 Years 7.) What does the servant receive from his master once his contract has expired? E. All of the above 8.) T or F. According to the author‚ most indentured servants work
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Rosalee Farmer Unit 2 FRQ Period1 10/3/2011 The Triangular Trade‚ Indentured Servants‚ and Bacon’s Rebellion encouraged slavery to grow in the southern colonies. By 1775‚ indentured servants were becoming inconvenient and Bacon’s Rebellion worried the plantation owners. The triangular trade brought slaves to America and the owners with no workers quickly bought on to slavery. Economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors all played in to the increase of slavery between 1607 and 1775. The geography
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