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Describe the working conditions of the average indentured servant.

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Servants typically worked four to seven years in exchange for passage, room, board, lodging, and freedom dues. While the life of an indentured servant was harsh and restrictive, it wasn't slavery. There were laws that protected some of their rights.

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They were expected to follow certain rules

MAKE SURE NOT TO GET MARRIED/PREGNANT!!! (this was a NO!)

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Although they often worked alongside their masters in tobacco fields, they usually lived apart and often under primitive conditions. They worked from dawn until dusk, six days a week through the growing season, which on tobacco and wheat farms could last from as early as February until as late as November.

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