Question

Define indentured servitude

Answer 1

Answer:

Indentured servitude refers to a contract between two individuals, in which one person worked not for money but in exchange for the price of passage to America.

Explanation:

Indentured servitude—popular in the United States in the 1600s—was essentially a kind of barter system.

Answer 2

Answer:1600s

*Poor workers, convicted criminals, and debtors received immigration passage and fees in return for a number of years at labor on behalf of a planter or company

*Servants entered into their contracts voluntarily and kept some legal rights

*However, servants had little control over the conditions of their work and living arrangements, and the system led to harsh and brutal treatment

*It remained the predominant system of labor until the 1670s; Bacon's Rebellion made the practice seem more risky to planters and owners, and improving economic conditions in England decreased the supply of servants

*Many owners relied on slave labor instead

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