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The document discusses the system of indentured servitude in colonial America and why indentured servants accounted for a large portion of immigrants. It examines primary documents describing the harsh conditions indentured servants and slaves faced, including the physical dangers of the transatlantic voyage and cruel treatment. The decline of indentured servitude was linked to the rise of the African slave trade in the South. Racial attitudes were becoming institutionalized, and Africans increasingly becam

Author

Jessica Lely

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