Slavery and indentured servitude in colonial America differed in that most indentured servants ____.
Slavery and indentured servitude in colonial America differed in that most indentured servants ____.
The correct option is D came voluntarily.
Slavery and indentured servitude in colonial America
differed in that most indentured servants came voluntarily. Indentured servants
came to the New World voluntarily, agreeing, through a contract, to work a
certain length of time in exchange for passage. The Thirty Year's War had left
Europe's economy depressed, and many skilled and unskilled laborers were
without work. A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope and this
explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American
colonies arrived as indentured servants. Following options are wrong because:
Indentured servants were
not forced to sign a contract of indenture (B).
Indentured servants were not promised any financial
compensation, nor did they receive any (A). In fact, some called indentured
servitude white slavery.
Although indentured servants were often Promised Land after
the completion of their contract (C), many never received any.
Many indentured servants were treated harshly by their
sponsors and they were seldom considered members of their master's family (E).
Slavery and indentured servitude in colonial America differed in that most indentured servants came voluntarily. Indentured servants came to the New World voluntarily, agreeing, through a contract, to work a certain length of time in exchange for passage. The Thirty Year's War had left Europe's economy depressed, and many skilled and unskilled laborers were without work. A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope and this explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Following options are wrong because:
Indentured servants were not forced to sign a contract of indenture (B).
Indentured servants were not promised any financial compensation, nor did they receive any (A). In fact, some called indentured servitude white slavery.
Although indentured servants were often Promised Land after the completion of their contract (C), many never received any.
Many indentured servants were treated harshly by their sponsors and they were seldom considered members of their master's family (E).
