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
As the conversation gets rolling, she digs into her roots, explaining that her maternal grandmother was an illiterate indentured servant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Octavia Butler's fictional president, elected in November 2024, brings back indentured servitude and suspends all regulations.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
The record shows that people who were indentured servants were often treated harshly and could be severely punished for breaking the agreement.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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