indentured
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Both slavery and the system of indentured workers didn't end in Cuba until the late 19th Century.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Freedmen’s Bureau used it to reunite 110 indentured children with their parents.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Generations before aspiring communicators began attending journalism schools, and centuries before some of them skipped formal training altogether and simply declared themselves online influencers, most future news professionals launched their careers as indentured apprentices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“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
The sheepmen who survived did so only by becoming indentured servants to the large companies that controlled the range and the grazing permit system.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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