Indentured service was a type of debt bondage, distinct from slavery, and consisted of an agreed-upon period of unpaid labor that typically covered the costs of the servant's immigration to America.
Although the rights to a person's labor could be purchased and sold, the actual servants were not considered to be property and became free at the end of their indenture. However, both regular and indentured servants frequently experienced physical maltreatment. When they attempted to break their indenture in whole or in part, the courts upheld their agreements and they discovered that they needed their master's permission before getting married.
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