indentured
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Living in Guadeloupe, Ms. Sinnapah Mary is an Afro-Caribbean artist who is also the descendant of Indian indentured workers brought to the island by the French after slavery ended.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
To me, indentured wealth feels like something that should be disbanded.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
That option obviously doesn't exist in the middle of the ocean — or, for that matter, even in countries like Indonesia, where indentured servitude still exists.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2024
Fifteen-year-old Joyce was captured along with everyone else onboard—a mix of other indentured servants, merchants, and crew–and taken to a slave market in Algiers to be sold at auction.
From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024
Like Koffi, Sahel had been a beastkeeper indentured to the Night Zoo, which meant he’d had little money in life and likely had even less in death.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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