URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS

Vol. 5 No. 1
Articles

An Analysis of the Institution of Indentured Servitude in Early Colonial America

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  • Beau Driver
Beau Driver
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Published 2011-10-18

Keywords

  • Indentured Servitude,
  • Slavery,
  • Colonial America,
  • Redemptioners,
  • Bound Labor

How to Cite

Driver, B. (2011). An Analysis of the Institution of Indentured Servitude in Early Colonial America. URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS, 5(1), 8–22. Retrieved from https://urj.uccs.edu/index.php/urj/article/view/109
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Abstract

This paper presents the economic and social issues that lead to the rise of indentured servitude as a means of acquiring labor in Early Colonial America. The text focuses on the condition in Europe, the conditions for those who crossed the Atlantic, and the condition for the servants in the New World. Also, this text provides a comparison of New England and Virginia and the Middle Colonies with regard to their respective uses of indentured servitude.
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