Definition of indentured servant
: a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance
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Giannini’s fourth great-grandfather, Antonio Giannini, and his family came to the colonies from Italy in 1773 as indentured servants.
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In Barbados, which was first settled by the English in 1627, the largest group of indentured servants were Irish, although others came from England, Scotland, Wales, and other European countries.
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His grandparents moved to the South American nation around 1835 to work in the sugar industry – as indentured servants.
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Her great-grandparents also left India and became indentured servants in Guyana.
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As a wealthy estate ruler named Don Lucas (Yan Collazo) nears his final days, indentured servants, love interests and distant relatives vie over what will remain of his riches.
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These high-revenue-producing teams are ever more isolated and sequestered on campus, a privileged class of indentured servants who bring in about as much income as pro sports teams in the NBA and NHL.
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In the 1620s, tobacco in the southern British colonies was worked by indentured servants.
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Johnson served out his contract and went on to run his own tobacco farm and hold his own indentured servants, among them Casor.
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First Known Use of indentured servant
1723
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