He was convicted of trying to run out on an obligation--indenture was a contract exchanging future servitude for passage here.
He was, to be frank, a convict, a crook.
Considering the apple often falls close to the tree, they just might be related.
...that goes centuries before him but, he is not the last, slavery is alive and well in Africa, Asia and Middle-East.
Also true.
Where was he headed for when he ran -- Chicago?