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Indentured Servitude

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Indentured Servitude, work under an unbreakable contract for a fixed period, in return for room and board, training, or pay.

For more information:

a form of job training involving indentured servitude, see Apprenticeship; Guild

indentured servitude for manual labor, called contract labor, see Coolie; Migration: Before the 20th Century; Immigration

involuntary military service, see Conscription; Selective Service

a limited form of slavery, see Aztec Empire: Social Organization

comparison with slavery, see Slavery in the United States