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Recent Examples of indentured servant
Mattai’s multimedia objects, which examine the present-day legacy of her family’s past as indentured servants in Guyana, is thoughtful, colorful and complicated.
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John Wenzel, The Know, 24 Dec. 2019
As late as 1964, Bo and Lake Giles were still toiling like indentured servants.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2019
Before then, more families lived on farms, out of sight of surveillance, and children could be their parents’ little workers—indentured servants until adulthood.
—Lynne Tillman, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
At the time, the tobacco economy relied on white and black indentured servants with finite contracts and some rights under the law.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2019
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John Wenzel, The Know, 24 Dec. 2019
As late as 1964, Bo and Lake Giles were still toiling like indentured servants.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2019
Before then, more families lived on farms, out of sight of surveillance, and children could be their parents’ little workers—indentured servants until adulthood.
—Lynne Tillman, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
At the time, the tobacco economy relied on white and black indentured servants with finite contracts and some rights under the law.
—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2019
See All Example Sentences for indentured servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indentured servant
servant
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The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of the girls were hired as servants in the homes of higher-status Burghers, though Rustin refused on principle to consider it.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Indentured servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indentured%20servant. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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