1 Thomas Gordon Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery 13 January 2015 US History University of Phoenix In the beginning of the 1600’s the term slavery in the U.S. wasn’t even thought of. It was more in the terms of indentured servants. In 1607 indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade of the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company. The idea was formed in the thought of servitude was born for a need for cheap labor vs hiring a person and paying them a lot of money
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farms and plantations that required extreme amounts of manual labor. As a colonial employer‚ there were two options for labor: indentured servants and slaves. Although both had their pros and cons‚ one would eventually sweep the nation and be used almost universally. The first type of labor that was used in the British Americas was indentured servitude. An indentured servant became one by agreeing with an employer to take them to New World in exchange for 5-7 years of labor. The benefit for a
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Compare and contrast indentured servitude with black slavery. Why did Chesapeake colonists make the switch? After the colonies started to thrive with the new crop exports‚ there was a very high demand for field workers to cultivate those crops. There were two ways that the colonists met this demand: the use of indentured servants and the use of black slaves. Indentured servants were‚ by definition‚ “persons who agreed to serve a master for a set number of years in exchange for the cost of transport
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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
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Company towns and indentured servitude are parts of American history that showcase the issues that can arise when human rights are violated and exploited for increased revenue. A simple explanation of the two practices would give away no intended malice— and sometimes‚ they did work the way they were intended— but more often the uglier side of human nature was revealed and the freedoms of the indentured servants and the employees of the company towns were threatened. Indentured servitude was common practice
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Anybody who was found begging could be whipped‚ sent to a workhouse‚ sent out of the city‚ or be sent out of the country entirely. This created a need for the now homeless and jobless farmers to escape their terrible living conditions. Indentured servitude began as a fairly successful way of gathering much needed help to come to the new world. One planter could not get wealthy‚ regardless of his work efforts‚ unless he had others to work his fields. This fact necessitated the need for an inexpensive
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Although slavery diminished as a result of the movements in the 1800s‚ the European demand for labour did not; the thriving sugar plantations and the economic prosperity as a result of the agricultural successes further demanded cheap labour from the poor‚ uneducated East and South Asians. Despite its apparent similarity to slavery‚ the Europeans attempted elevating the status of indentured labourers in order to attract enough individuals to satisfy their need for cheap labour. Documents 2‚ 3‚ 4
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I chose to reflect on Slavery and indentured servitude as my topic. Firstly‚ I would like to talk about what each of these words mean. Slavery is exhausting labor that was done by a person held captive and made to work for free. Indentured servitude is a deal that is made between people to keep another in exchange for something they want as form of payment over time. While indentured servitude can be a form of slavery depending on the circumstance such as someone selling their child to someone else
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Indentured servitude was a system of temporary service which originated in England. The length of service usually lasted four to five years. During that time‚ the subject was bound to their master. They received compensation in the form of transportation to America‚ food and shelter. At the completion of their service‚ they were also to receive additional benefits such as clothing tools‚ and land which rarely actually happened. (American History‚ p68) Indentured servants in America
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Indentured Servitude Max Vieweg Due to the end of slavery‚ the demand for cheap labor in the Americas partnered with multiple peoples willing to leave their home countries to create an influx of indentured servants. These unfortunates‚ though seeking a better life‚ often ended up facing awful conditions for the duration of their contract. Document three shows the beginnings of indentured servitude‚ in a way. This document‚ a map‚ shows where all the indentured servants came from‚ with the two
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