Concepedia

Concept

indentured servitude

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626

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198

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Indentured servitude is an academic concept and historical research field analyzing a labor system characterized by contractual temporary bondage, typically undertaken in exchange for passage, training, or debt repayment. Scholarly inquiry investigates its role in migration patterns, labor markets, social hierarchies, and economic development within historical contexts, examining key characteristics such as fixed service terms defined by contract, distinct from perpetual chattel slavery, to understand diverse forms of unfree labor and societal formation.

Top Authors

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DW

National Bureau of Economic Research

SL

University of Rochester

FG

University of Delaware

TN

St. John Fisher College

BW

University of Maryland, College Park

Top Institutions

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University of Delaware

Newark, United States

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Rochester, United States

John Carroll University

University Heights, United States

Dublin, Ireland