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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National protests against police brutality amid a global pandemic have caused many Americans to reckon with the country’s history of racism and inequality. The moment has caused a fake historical meme ...

In 1754 a carpenter named Josiah Halstead purchased the Allen House in Shrewsbury. Shortly thereafter he transformed it into a tavern. At some point, Halstead had indentured servants working for him. ...

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