USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indentured servitude is a labor contract where an individual will work to repay an indenture or loan over some time, commonly several years. Indentured servitude was popular in American colonies as many worked in exchange for the price of passage to America.

Detailed explanation-2: -For much of the seventeenth century, those servants were white English men and women-with a smattering of Africans, Indians, and Irish-under indenture with the promise of freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some people indentured themselves in order to gain passage to America or to escape debt and poverty. Others, including convicts, were sold into indenture upon arrival. Indentures are a type of contract that was torn in two, so each party could have a portion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indenture contracts were written between British agents and Ridgely indenture purchasers. All indentures were bought for only a limited time. Non-convict servants served terms of 4 to 6 years, while convicts had to serve at least 7 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indentured servitude appeared in the Americas in the 1620s and remained in use as late as 1917.