ECON 3R03 Lecture Notes - British Sugar, Industrial Revolution, Indentured Servant
6 Mar 2013
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Vassal bound by mutual obligation to a member of the upper class you would provide with specified services and he would provide you with protection. Pawn temporarily enslaved to guarantee an agreement- it means to be temporarily enslaved for a temporary period of time. For example, a rich person would exchange the other person"s slave until their agreement had been completed. These were 70 percent of all immigrants 2/3 became indentured servants. Most people would choose to become one if they were starving or in the worst possible state. Serf bound to a master; had limited freedoms; could own property; could be members of a church or village these members of the community had very little freedom! It never came to an end and your children would also become serfs. These are listed from least oppressive to most oppressive. Most of these people were born into specific roles in life.
