USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indentured labourers were bonded labourers under contract to work for an employer for a specific amount of time, to pay off their passage to a new country or home. Recruitment was done by agents engaged by employers and was paid a small commission.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indentures are agreements between two parties about long-term work. The length of servitude might be a specified number of years or until the servant reached a certain age. Some people indentured themselves in order to gain passage to America or to escape debt and poverty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three different types of indentured servant agreements existed in the 18th century: free-willers, King’s passengers, and redemptioners.

Detailed explanation-4: -slave. nounone who is the property of another. bond servant. bondslave. bondsman/woman.