INDENTURED SERVANTS

WHAT IS IT?

• Men and women who signed a contract to be a servant. ("Encyclopediavirginia")
• Worked by command for a number of years ("Encyclopediavirginia")

WHAT WERE THEY

• Immigrants from Europe (Shifflett)
• Family's, young boys & girls (Shifflett)

WHAT REASON WHY PEOPLE BECAME INDENTURED SERVANTS?

• People became indentured servants was to be able to live in America ("Indentured Servitude")

HOW LONG WAS AN INDENTURED SERVANT CONTRACT?

• It would take up to 5 years ("U.s.history")
• It also depended in the age and gender ("U.s.history")

DIFFERENCES FROM SLAVES INDENTURED SERVANTS OWNERS?

• Slaves were treated worse("Indentured Servitude")
• Indentured servants were ("Indentured Servitude")

WHAT USUALLY HAPPENED AFTER AN INDENTURED SERVANT'S CONTRACT ENDED?

• They would get money.("Indentured Servitude")
• Would get there freedom to live in America("Indentured Servitude")

HOW COULD AN INDENTURED SERVANT GET OUT OF HIS/HER CONTRACT ?

Why is this important to our study of slavery & oppression?

• It's important to study because
• we should know were half of the
• Immigrants That came to America

HOW WILL THIS TOPIC BECOME PART OF COPPER SUN?

• This topic will cover copper sun because the Amari would see light skin slaves