USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indentured servants were persons obliged by contract to work for a stated number of years. During the early settlement of Maryland, many newcomers were indentured servants who wanted to immigrate to the colony, but could not pay for passage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maryland’s first labourers were indentured servants. Slaves began to be introduced into the Chesapeake region in small numbers after 1650, and large numbers were imported in the 1690s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Duties. Some indentured servants served as cooks, gardeners, housekeepers, field workers, or general laborers while others learned specific trades such as blacksmithing, plastering, and bricklaying, which they often parlayed into future careers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indentured Servitude Indentured servants were not paid wages but they were generally housed, clothed, and fed. The rights to the individual’s labor could be bought and sold, but the servants themselves were not considered property and were free upon the end of their indenture (usually a period of five to seven years).