Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

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Norfolk, Va. – Historians say they were “shocked” and “mystified” when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wrongly used the term “indentured servants” Sunday in reference to the first Africans to arrive in ...

Once again, Virginia’s governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. This time, Gov. Ralph Northam told “CBS This Morning” that slaves who landed on the shores of Virginia ...

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Hundreds of years ago, poor immigrants were forced to become indentured servants to repay the cost of their passage to the U.S. by performing years of hard labor. This practice lives on for U.S.

Voters in five states on Tuesday were asked whether to update their states’ constitutions to remove slavery and indentured servitude as potential punishments. Although the 13th Amendment to the US ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Italian Consulate employee and his wife have been charged with turning a Brazilian woman into an indentured servant after luring the woman to the United States with ...

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In an interview aired on Sunday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called slaves "indentured servants" while trying to explain the "difficult week" his state has endured as the result of his blackface ...