[hanamizu]

Many in my family were white indentured servants—can I get some money>

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The dirty little secret about indentured servants was they were often treated worse than slaves, since their value to the holder of their indenture dropped to zero when their time was up. Slave holders at least had an economic interest in keeping their slaves healthy and fit for work.

[RightLady]

Why don’t our “scools” teach more about indentured servants. They were the original backbone of this country and soldiers of the Rev. War.