Indentured Servants

A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.

-high demand for work in the new world -A low supply of workers

Manual labor fields tutoring housework childcare

How long did indentured servants work?

age/gender?

what happens if you break the rules?

How did the Masters treat them?

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

what the indentured servants got when they were freed; included some corn, clothes, and maybe some land

These were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.

the leading cause of death on the middle passage?

the trading system between the Americas, England and Africa; Africa would give slaves and rum to the Americas, including the West Indies; America would offer timber, tobacco, fish, and flour; England would mainly process and ship back

when were most rebellions on slavers most common?

way of transporting slaves on Middle Passage; more slaves but less survived (side)

what is the difference between an indentured servant and a slave?