They were called "Indentured Servants" working to pay the cost of coming to America. What they didn't tell you is you would never make enough to pay your bill. My wife's great, great Grandfather came to the IS when he was 12 years old and an indentured servant. He was a Russian Jew---probably a Gypsy. He wound up as a riverboat gambler and his wife was a fortune teller.
They were called "Indentured Servants" working to pay the cost of coming to America. What they didn't tell you is you would never make enough to pay your bill. My wife's great, great Grandfather came to the IS when he was 12 years old and an indentured servant. He was a Russian Jew---probably a Gypsy. He wound up as a riverboat gambler and his wife was a fortune teller.