indentured
21indentured — UK [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)d] / US [ɪnˈdentʃərd] adjective legal forced by a contract to work for an employer for a fixed period of time …
22indentured — adjective bound by contract • Syn: ↑apprenticed, ↑articled, ↑bound • Similar to: ↑unfree …
23indentured servant — noun Date: 1723 a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance …
24indentured servant — in,dentured servant noun count AMERICAN in the past, a worker who agreed to work for no salary for a specific number of years because their employer had paid for their travel to America and for living costs …
25indentured servant — inden′tured serv′ant n. amh. a person who is bound to work for another for a specified period of time, esp. such a person who came to America during the colonial period • Etymology: 1665–75 …
26Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot — A sizable indentured servant s uprising occurred in Virginia in 1661 over the issue of adequate food. The customary ration for servants at the time included meat three times a week. When a plantation owner named Major Goodwin decided to keep his… …
27Credit-ticket system — The credit ticket system was a form of emigration prevalent in the mid to late nineteenth century, in which brokers advanced the cost of the passage to workers and retained control over their services until they repaid their debt in full.[1] It… …
28Colonial South and the Chesapeake — During the British colonization of the New World, the southern Thirteen Colonies and the Chesapeake provided England with much needed money and resources. However, the culture of the south was far different than that of their British homeland.… …
29Slavery in the colonial United States — The origins of slavery in the colonial United States are complex and there are several theories that have been proposed to explain the trade. Indentured servitudeSome historians, notably Edmund Morgan, have suggested that indentured servitude… …
30Redemptioner — Redemptioners were European immigrants, generally in the 18th or early 19th century, who gained passage to America (most often Pennsylvania) by selling themselves into indentured servitude to pay back the shipping company which had advanced the… …
