This form is a Release and Cancellation of Trust Agreement / Trust Indenture. All liens and encumberances created thereby are certified to be satisfied and released. Adapt to fit your circumstances.
This form is a Release and Cancellation of Trust Agreement / Trust Indenture. All liens and encumberances created thereby are certified to be satisfied and released. Adapt to fit your circumstances.
Indentured servitude was unlike slavery in two important ways: it was not predetermined by birth, and it was not lifelong. Still, indentured servitude showed just how expendable the lower classes were to the British elite; whether these lower classes were Black or white.
Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
For much of the seventeenth century, those servants were white English men and women—with a smattering of Africans, Indians, and Irish—under indenture with the promise of freedom.
Field labor was assigned routinely to black servant women, while indentured white women generally worked around the home. Typically, white indentured servants who ran away were punished with extra time added to their terms of labor.
An indenture is a particular formal contract or deed made between two or more parties. Beginning in medieval England, an indenture can be defined as a specific agreement within a contract noted with a specific duration or significance.
For much of the seventeenth century, those servants were white English men and women—with a smattering of Africans, Indians, and Irish—under indenture with the promise of freedom.
To be indentured is to be forced to work by some contract. It started out as a word for a contract between masters and apprentices. Now it describes anyone bound to work, like it or not, because of some deal. Use the adjective indentured to describe someone who's bound or attached in a legal sense.