'Mostly Involuntary Servitude'

Sometimes, in order to emigrate, able-bodied individuals became indentured servants. Though many of these arrangements were seemingly by choice, most were not as people either found themselves “between a rock and a hard place,” or effectively had no other option. Let’s explore some historical context and the databases that can help us identify whether those we are researching were indentured or not.

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