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GCSE History · key term
A worker bound by a contract to work for an employer for an agreed period, with restrictions on their freedom to leave.
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Revise: Migration PatternsWorkers could be recruited as indentured labourers: they were bound to work under a contract for a set period. This was different from both unrestricted wage employment and slavery. A contract placed limits on workers' freedom to leave, so describing all imperial labour migration as freely chosen would conceal important differences in power and control.
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A worker bound to serve an employer for an agreed period rather than being free to leave that employment.
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In 1733, the King of Spain renewed this offer: fugitives who reached Florida could gain freedom if they converted to Catholicism and worked as indentured labourers or servants. This meant a period of compulsory service, rather than completely unrestricted freedom on arrival.
Paper 1
A worker bound by a contract to serve for a fixed period, often in exchange for the cost of their passage overseas.
Revise: Protestant refugeesAround 3,000 went to North America, many as indentured labourers rather than independent landowners. Their passage came at the cost of being bound to work for a fixed period: reaching America did not mean gaining immediate freedom or prosperity.