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**adverwork** · 07-23-2012, 06:20 AM

Incorrect.

Slaves were forced against their will to work and serve their owners. They were owned and the was No contract involved.

Indentured servants had voluntarily signed a legal contract for a certain period of time. The contract holder paid their ship's passage to America in exchange for their labor. It was a business arrangement that was agreed to by both parties.

Much like people do today when they sign into a work contract for various projects.

For you to equate slavery with indentured servitude is very disingenuous and historically incorrect.

Were both Whiteys huh??

Indentured Servants signed the contract in order to get over to America. There they would look for a period of time until the master told them they repaid their debt. When the servants were freed they would still be extremely low in the social scale.

Servants could be treated like slaves. It depended on the "master".

07-23-2012, 06:20 AM	#20
adverwork Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 488 Senior Member	Incorrect. Slaves were forced against their will to work and serve their owners. They were owned and the was No contract involved. Indentured servants had voluntarily signed a legal contract for a certain period of time. The contract holder paid their ship's passage to America in exchange for their labor. It was a business arrangement that was agreed to by both parties. Much like people do today when they sign into a work contract for various projects. For you to equate slavery with indentured servitude is very disingenuous and historically incorrect. Were both Whiteys huh?? Indentured Servants signed the contract in order to get over to America. There they would look for a period of time until the master told them they repaid their debt. When the servants were freed they would still be extremely low in the social scale. Servants could be treated like slaves. It depended on the "master".
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