The Indenture System
The indenture system is a kind of contract that people
of white and black
are forced into signing.Sometimes masters would trick
people, who could
not read by promising a short term contract, as a
servant but instead of
promsing a short trem as a servant the masters Would
have written a much
longer contract for 39 years or more. The so called
servant were supposed
to get a payment such as land or money, but somehow the
owners would
find a way of releasing the so called servants, before
the time was up, so
the owners will not have to pay the payment of land of money. Some
slaves were made to sign a contract that would allow
their masters to beat
them and force them into doing things.
