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Which people made a contract to work in exchange for transportation to the American colonies?
indentured servants
Colonists who agreed to work for another in return for passage to America were called?
Indentured servants, also known as bondsmen and bondswomen.
Who are the groups of people who came to the colonies involuntarily?
indentured servants or slaves
What were the people called that worked to pay their way to America?
Indentured servants
How did the planters get their indentured servants?
Using the headright system, people in England 100s of acres of land in America by becoming indentured servants for a period of time, usually 7 years. These indentured servants were most often used by the plantation owners in Virginia initially.
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