indentured
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Mark Joseph Stern: Elizabeth Turner was 8 years old when she was indentured just two days after she and her mother ostensibly gained their freedom.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Freedmen’s Bureau used it to reunite 110 indentured children with their parents.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
“Obviously the banjo’s got African roots too. Country music came from people in the South and Appalachia, slaves and indentured servants from Europe, each gathering and trading stories.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Gandhi began to see that there was a way for the indentured Indians to strengthen themselves without having to rely on machetes and guns.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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