Instead of slavery, one compromise should be widespread adoption of long-term indentured servitude. From Wordnik.com. [Art Brodsky: Purists and Zealots for Internet Freedom] Reference
People like to portray this as we the little consumers fighting against the big evil record companies and the artists they have in indentured servitude. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Intellectual Property is About Consumers] Reference
First there were white slaves known as indentured servants, most of them poor people caught stealing. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
HOFFINGER: Lida, I think there are a lot of people lining up for that kind of indentured servitude. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2004] Reference
Well, she wasn't Guild, and if she didn't know what "indentured" was, she probably wasn't that, either. From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
Commitment to one corporation represents "a kind of indentured servant element.". From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
That would almost seem reasonable, if you don't mind that kind of indentured servitude. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot: IT] Reference
It is quite possible that he may have been of London and have been "indentured" by the municipality to. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
It is quite possible he was one of those "indentured" by the corporation of London, but there is no direct intimation of this. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
Why are H-1Bs called indentured workers?. From Wordnik.com. [Indentured Servitude And Indian Corporations] Reference
What you have … call it indentured servitude. From Wordnik.com. [Wired] Reference
I’m thinking some kind of indentured servitude might have a part to play as well. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Post Wave Economy] Reference
Englishmen joined to send both cargo and indentured servants to the. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Four indentured servants, with existing terms of service, and thirteen. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Most indentured servants were consigned to serve for three to five years. From Wordnik.com. ['Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped'] Reference
Mr. EKIRCH: He runs away to Philadelphia, which was not uncommon for indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. ['Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped'] Reference
But, you know, those were in the days when composers did have to be indentured to a family. From Wordnik.com. [Haydn: Classical Music's Cheerful Servant] Reference
I was surprised to learn that many of the women to land in America were indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: A Few Good Women] Reference
Therefore, all persons so listed under the headright claim cannot be considered indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699] Reference
"Can you just try to pretend that I'm not an indentured servant, and that you're glad to be with me?". From Wordnik.com. [Lentil Soup] Reference
Often, there were indentured white servants, some negroes, and generally a number of children under age. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
These indentured slaves and their descendants were always considered with contempt by the upper classes. From Wordnik.com. [Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.] Reference
Because a constant supply of labor was needed to develop the colony, indentured servitude was introduced. From Wordnik.com. [Special Friends] Reference
Until the 19th century the majority of immigrants to North America arrived as slaves or indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Northern Migration] Reference
On the contrary, members of that class are all restavèk, indentured child servants, of the international community. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: Getting Their Reward on Earth: Haitian Social Movements and Reconstruction] Reference
The power of the master over the slave was very similar to that of a master over an indentured apprentice in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
We then stayed another winter and were in debt again, we sort of became like indentured workers for about seven years. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Nierenberg: Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years] Reference
In the former we find that the Viceroy and his council had recommended the abolition of the system of indentured labour. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
Clark notes that indentured servitude appeared in Muncy, where Samuel Wallis 'great holdings made such service feasible. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
So what can families do to avoid the debt that is trapping graduates into lifetimes of indentured servitude to Sallie Mae?. From Wordnik.com. [Zac Bissonnette: How Student Debt Will Ruin Your Life] Reference
Forcing our citizenry into indentured servitude to the insurance industry isn't anything progressives should be defending. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Stranahan: Two Cheers For Missouri: Stop Health Reform Groupthink] Reference
As help in the white indentured servants was never very plentiful, the planters, finally resorted to an available supply of. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Furthermore, there was no slave population or indentured servant class to be confined to the lowest rung of the social ladder. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
This was a little better than slavery but it actually gave the Negroes a status ranging between serfdom and indentured service. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
Thus the analysis roughly confirms the conclusion that three-fourths of the immigrants during this period were indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699] Reference
To aid the family enterprise there were nine indentured servants, one of whom, Thomas Ragg, later became the husband of Elinor Calthrope. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
According to A.J. Calhoun, however, all planters of Maryland did not manifest so much ire because of this custom among indentured servants. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
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