indentured
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Indentured servants from India brought the cannabis plant to Jamaica in the 19th century, and it gained popularity as a medicinal herb.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Indentured servitude is a form of contract labor in which people pledge to work for an agreed period of time for an agreed form of compensation.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Indentured workers’ descendants have done least well where their ancestors could not own land, as in Fiji.
From Economist • Aug. 31, 2017
Indentured servitude was a common arrangement at the time.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2016
The Indentured Servant Protection Agency also used it to monitor and record my daily activities, to ensure that my human rights were being observed.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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