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Meanings of indent servants in inglês

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Usage of indent servants in inglês
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This contract was by deed indented , which occasioned them to be called indented servants.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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The people lived on their estates or plantations, employing indented servants and negro slaves.
Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for P...
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Three were indented servants, lumbering, honest-visaged youths whose aims in life were simple and well defined.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
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They encouraged indented servants to leave their masters, and fly to them for liberty and protection.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies o...
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By 1661 they had increased to two thousand, while the indented servants were four times that number.
Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II / The Planting Of The ...
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Indented servants and new-comers pass to the frontier seeking a place to locate their headrights, or plant new towns.
The Frontier in American History
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Lord Dunmore had issued a proclamation declaring "all indented servants, negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels) free."
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
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Labor was performed by slaves, by criminals sent over to the colonies and sold, and by " indented servants," or "redemptioners."
A School History of the United States
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"The names or the signs of the Oliverians are here," he said, "together with those of the leaders of the indented servants concerned with us.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia