Irish Indentured Servants Facts. Nevertheless, she called the meme’s. Subtly, too, the meme hints that the irish overcame their oppression and therefore african americans should as well.
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The second phase of irish indentured servitude followed shortly afterwards and lasted from around 1652 to 1660. Indentured servants were people who came to america under a work contract, called an indenture. Large numbers of indentured servants did indeed emigrate from ireland to the british colonies of north america, where they provided a cheap labor force for planters and merchants eager to exploit it.
Involuntary indentured servants were the impoverished, those in debt, or criminals whose sentence was a period of servitude.
By the mid 1600s, the irish were the main slaves sold to antigua and montserrat. But is there any truth to it, buzzkillers? Indentured servants often had to do very hard labor on a farm or in a household. Often, they were no more than slaves for their indentures.
