Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Indentured servants were essentially bound under a contract ... the unpaid labor of being a stay-at-home parent. “For example, let's say a 29-year-old woman, who started working at age 22 ...

This is the first column in a series of dedicated new research in commemorating the indentured experience in South Africa ...

But around half - that’s a quarter of a million - were indentured servants. David:I went to Bristol Record Office to find out more. David:The driving force behind this was a commercial company ...