Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery

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Indentured Servitude

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A system where people worked for a set time to pay off a debt.

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Slavery

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A system where people were owned and forced to work without pay.

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Contract

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An agreement indentured servants signed to work for a certain period.

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Freedom

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Indentured servants gained freedom after their contract ended.

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Lifelong

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Slavery was often a lifelong condition with no freedom.

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Voluntary

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Indentured servitude was often voluntary.

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Involuntary

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Slavery was involuntary and forced.

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Origin

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Indentured servants often came from Europe.

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Middle Passage

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The journey enslaved Africans took to the Americas.

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Labor

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Both systems provided labor for farms and plantations.