The children of indentured servants were eligible to be free citizens
Indentured servanthood had a clearly defined period of service
Freed indentured servants could petition to become full members of the household and inherit the master’s estate.
Being an indentured servant to a prestigious master was a social mark of standing, elevating them in some periods even above free citizens of low standing. Never the case in chattel slavery
Indentured servants and their families were owed damages when the violence was deemed unjust or resulted in permanent damage or death.
CXORA@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
the status of your child does not tell us whether or not you were a slave
this is just false. Foreign slaves were kept for life.
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somw slaves having a “better life” than some free people is a common whitewashing tactic, which doesn’t make it not slavery.
having restrictions against the cruel state and most injaut masters does not mean it isn’t slavery.