USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indentured labour, one form of contract labour, was common in North America in colonial times. Its subjects were western European (mainly British) males and females.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indentured servitude is a form of labor where an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay an indenture or loan within a certain timeframe. Indentured servitude was popular in the United States in the 1600s as many European immigrants worked in exchange for the price of passage to America.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.