indentured
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Both slavery and the system of indentured workers didn't end in Cuba until the late 19th Century.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Freedmen’s Bureau used it to reunite 110 indentured children with their parents.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The Bible had a solution for this: the tradition of Jubilee, a 50-year ritual of debt forgiveness, land restoration and the emancipation of slaves and indentured servants.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025
Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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