Indentured Servants

Define: Indentured Servant, Apprentice and slaves (slavery)

Read/explore the following resources:

How long are each source of labor required to serve?

What do you think life was like for each of them?

Given the choice would you rather be an indentured servant or an apprentice? Explain your answer

Indentured Servant Contract

A Slave Sale Poster

and an Interview with an Apprentice

If you have time:

Read the following:

A Place Called Freedom

Howard Zinn Reading

"Packed Densely, Like Herrings"

Describe the typical person who became an Indentured Servant. (age, sex, background, standing in society)

When you finish reading all three make a judgement about the lives of Indentured Servants.

Were they treated as equals? Give specific examples from the text to support your answer.