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    chief source of labor making the treatment of the slaves and their role in American society change significantly. The reasons for the rise of their importance reflected in the economic‚ geographic‚ and political factors of the time. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor. The earliest settlers soon realized that they had lots of land to care for‚ but no one to care for it. With passage to the Colonies expensive for all but the wealthy‚ the Virginia

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    slavery and other coerced labor system‚ such as indentured servitude‚ were very common between across the globe. However‚ the Americans saw the most forced labor during this time with the Europeans bring thousands of slaves to the New World. Although slavery and indentured are different there are many more similarities that outweigh the differences. Slavery and indentured servants are different types of coerced labor. One difference is that indentured servants sometimes chose to do this coerced work. Europeans

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    Indentured Servitude and Slavery Today I will be talking about Indentured Servitude and Slavery. I am going to explain what they are‚ how they originated‚ and how they are different. Your every day life brushing your teeth‚ combing your hair and outing on fresh new clothes .Back in the 1300s slaves and servants had to work for their whole day‚ had to get up early‚ farm and groom animals their whole day. You have to get up‚ go to work or school and go home and do your regular routine. This essay will

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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 and slavery existed in the ‘New World’ primarily for economic and population growth. In the book‚ Going to the Source‚ Slavery was defined as “hereditary” and “a lifetime status” and the slave must serve for life‚ however‚ on the other hand indentured servitude was “contractual” and “voluntary” although the servant is forced to serve for a fixed amount of years. Indentured servitude and slavery are strikingly parallel to each other from the fact that both parties participate

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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 colonial

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