indenture
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In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Instead, Said found a Russian to take over his indenture, Nicholas Vassilievich Trubetzkoy, a 22-year-old godson of Czar Nicholas, who taught him Russian.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023
When Fiji de-criminalized the desertion of indenture contracts in 1916, it is little wonder that hundreds of workers left the colony's sugar plantations.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023
He outsmarts his brother James to escape his indenture, but then arrives in Philadelphia with barely enough money to feed himself.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2022
“Seven years to pay back yo’ indenture ain’t bad,” Teenie pointed out.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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