Indentured Servants Were White. What were indentured servants given? Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
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Indentured servants were frequently overworked, especially on the southern plantations during planting and harvesting season. Contributed by brendan wolfe and martha mccartney. The indentured servant system of people who voluntarily mortgaged their freedom evolved into slavery.
Involuntary indentured servants were the impoverished, those in debt, or criminals whose sentence was a period of servitude.
Rather, many immigrants to north america agreed to work for a planter for a specific period of time in exchange for their passage to the new world and food and shelter once they arrived. Involuntary indentured servants were the impoverished, those in debt, or criminals whose sentence was a period of servitude. Indentured servants were frequently overworked, especially on the southern plantations during planting and harvesting season. By 1650, there were about 4,300 indentured servants living in virginia.
