indentured
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As the conversation gets rolling, she digs into her roots, explaining that her maternal grandmother was an illiterate indentured servant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
But when she gets kidnapped to work as an indentured servant at the Imperial Palace, she starts making a name for herself with her scientific know-how and talents at deduction.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025
To me, indentured wealth feels like something that should be disbanded.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
A son of a once wealthy merchant family, Joyce was being sent to the West Indies to start his new life as an indentured servant.
From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024
The death rate among indentured servants in colonial America was very high.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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