7 sentences with 'indentured'
Example sentences and phrases with the word indentured and other words derived from it.
• « In the English colonies on the Atlantic coast, indentured servants initially filled the need for labour in the North, where family farms were the norm. »
• « In the south, however, labour-intensive crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo were prevalent, and over time the supply of indentured servants was insufficient to meet demand. »
• « Unable to meet their growing need from the ranks of prisoners or indentured servants, European settlers turned to African labourers. »
• « Not surprisingly, those seeking a better life came in large numbers, so much so that Pennsylvania depended on indentured servants more than any other colony. »
• « British Americans' reliance on indentured servitude and slavery to meet the demand for colonial labour helped give rise to a wealthy colonial class - gentry - in the Chesapeake tobacco colonies and elsewhere. »
• « In November 1775, he issued a decree, known as Dunmore's Proclamation, promising freedom to slaves and indentured servants of the rebels who remained loyal to the king and who pledged to fight with the Loyalists against the insurgents. Dunmore's Proclamation exposed serious problems for both the patriot cause and the British. »
• « The greatest source of discontent, however, was the Mexican government's abolition of slavery in 1829. Most American settlers came from southern states and many had brought slaves with them. Mexico tried to please them by maintaining the fiction that the slaves were indentured servants. »