A person who has sold their labour for a set period of time.
Settler who signed on for a temporary period of servitude to a master in exchange for passage to the New World; Virginia and Pennsylvania were largely peopled in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by English indentured servants.
One who was voluntarily or involuntarily committed to working for someone for a specified number of years (usually 4-10). In most cases, this was in exchange for passsage to America, but people entered into these types of contracts or arrangements for a wide variety of reasons. These people had few-if any-rights, but many pursued this type of position when faced with starvation or deportation. Most people in this catagory had few skills and little access to money. It was the only way for many commoners to afford the passage to America. After the period of work was over, the servant became a FREEMAN. From a legal perspective, Blacks were technically considered INDENTURED SERVANTS, but their emigration to the America was NOT voluntary (in most cases), and their period of indenture would have been permanent had the Emancipation Proclaimation never been issued.
an individual voluntarily or involuntarily contracted to working for another for a fixed number of years (often four to seven) in exchange for specific considerations (such as passage to the Colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries), usually including freeman status. See also apprentice and Freedom of the City (London).
an individual who contracts to work for a colonist for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies and land
an unfree laborer under contract to work for another person for a specified amount of time
an unfree labourer under contract to work (for a
a person who has signed an indenture agreeing to be someones servant for a number of years
a person who worked without wages, usually for a period of five to seven years, in exchange for payment of the person's passage to the American colonies
Person placed under contract to work over a period of time, usually seven years; prevalent during the 17th to 19th centuries.
One bound into the service of another for a specified time, often in exchange for ship's passage and with a payment at the end of the term of service.
One who bound himself into service of another person for a specified number of years, often in return for transportation to this country.
A person who binds himself or herself by a contract to work for another for a specified time, often in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance.
person who is bound into the service of another person for a specified period, usually seven years in the 18th and 19th centuries to pay for passage to another country.
a person bound by a contract to work for another person
In American history, a person who contracted in return for transportation to America to work for free for a set number of years, usually two to seven.
An Indentured Servant is a bonded labourer — a labourer under contract to work for an employer for a specific amount of time, usually seven to eight years, to pay off a passage to a new country or home. Typically the employer provided little if any monetary pay, but was responsible for accommodation, food, other essentials, and training. Upon completion of the term of the contract the labourer sometimes received a lump sum payment such as a parcel of land and was free to farm or take up trade of his own.