He was made a slave. This disorder that the indentured servant system had created made racial slavery to southern slaveholders much more attractive, because what were black slaves now? Well ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of their labor and the challenges they still face.

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Although indentured servants had many more freedoms than slaves, Galenson shows they were still considered “chattel,” that is possessions of their master, and the contracts by which they were ...

Countries that have pushed for payments on slavery are now planning to seek reparative justice surrounding the 500,000 indentured workers shipped from India to work on sugar plantations after ...

Following the abolition of slavery across the British Empire, Indian indentured labourers provided a cheap source of labour to the government. Many Indians travelled from India to the Caribbean ...

This disorder that the indentured servant system had created made racial slavery to southern slaveholders much more attractive, because what were black slaves now? Well, they were a permanent ...