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food, and shelter. Some indentured servants chose to come to the colonies willingly, often trying to escape troubles in England, but not all. Some were convicts shipped to America while others were prisoners from battles. Regardless, the system of indentured servitude proved to be very appealing to those able to employ them. One reason this system was successful was because the Indian population could not be easily transformed into submissive work force. This indenture system provided a means of dealing with the severe labor deficiency in the New World. By the late seventeenth century, indentured servants and people formally working as indentures became one of the largest elements of the population. Although, the use of indentured servants had a mixed effect. While the principle of this was a very respectable one, many servants were treaty poorly and many died before their work contract ended. Ultimately, the stream of indentured servitude began to decline during the 1670s, bringing ...

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