Black and white men who broke their servant contract were equally punished. All were indentured servants. During their time as servants, they were fed and housed. Afterwards, they would be given ...

Some people are their careers or claim status for the company they work for. I’ve worked for major corporations, including ...

Many people thought of as white today weren’t initially, in fact, whiteness wasn’t even a thing until the 1670s. The economic model then was based on indentured servitude. White and Black indentured ...

This literature claims the existence of “white slavery” in Barbados and, essentially, argues that the harsh labor conditions and sufferings of indentured servants were as bad as or even worse than ...

Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years ...

Black and white men who broke their servant contract were equally punished. All were indentured servants. During their time as servants, they were fed and housed. Afterwards, they would be given ...