Slaves Vs Indentured Servants

Throughout the New World, slaves and indentured servants served an important contribution to the growth and success of the New World. Although Slaves and indentured servants had much in common, They were at the same time so far apart from one another. Slaves and Indentured servants are very different from one another in so many different possible ways. What is the difference between a slave and an indentured servant? How do you become a slave vs being an indentured servant? Why was it better to be an indentured servant rather than being a slave? If you could choose to be an indentured servant or a slave, Which would you choose? and why would you choose that one, What made you come up with your final decision?

Throughout History the “two major groups,” indentured servants and slaves had a tremendous impact of the creation of the New world. A little history on what a slave is compared to an indentured servant; Indentured servants was a labor system where people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years. It was widely employed in the 18th century in the British colonies in North America and elsewhere, Where a Slave is a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. Just
Both Slaves and Indentured servants were treated fairly the same; Both had little food given to them for meals, they both got the minimal clothes needed to survive, they were both worked extremely hard, and both were owned by a certain person(s). Consequently, In the end, both indentured servants and slaves were treated the same; with the exception of the slaves being owned their whole life over being owned for a certain amount of time before being allowed to leave and be free. Don't get me wrong, Both lives were rough, But indentured servants had it better in the end because they are let go to live how they are