Indentured Servitude In The United States

Throughout history many governments have had a strong hold on the economy and their practices. Slavery was a very inhuman practice that greatly affected the US. Back during The New Nation Era, not even the government could resist against the practice of slavery. The institution of slavery was stronger than the US government. The institution became so bound to the government that their had to be underlying roots to how slavery started, due to how strong this bond was, and what it took to destroy it. After the American Revolution, the US was divided into two economic powerhouses, the north and the south. The north was more predominantly producing ships, smithing and manufactured woodwork. Meanwhile, the south was more focused on agriculture and farming. This elevated the demand for labor, more in the south than the north, due to the extreme potential in the economy. This demand for labor was fulfilled through a system called indentured servitude, “Indentured servitude was a common way for poor European immigrants in search of a better life to defray the cost of their transatlantic journey, by signing a contract binding them to a certain number of years of labor in the New World....
In reality, Indentured servitude is not so far off of slavery, “In practice, indentured servants were largely at the mercy of their masters, and the institution is widely regarded as having been only a few steps away from