Question

If you served a master as an indentured slave you:

A: would be an anomaly in the African culture of this era
B: were considered property with only some rights
C: gave up your rights freely to serve another person
D: would be a slave for only a short while

Answer 1

Hello there!

Option C is correct. Indentured slaves were like servants, who had people pay for their voyage, and then served those persons for several years with no pay (or very little).

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C) gave up your rights freely to serve another person.

If you served a master as an indentured slave you gave up your rights freely to serve another person.

The indenture servant system started in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The landowners realized that they needed extra hands to work the land and produce cash crops such as tobacco that was exported to England. So in the indenture servant system, slaves worked for 5 to 7 years in exchange for passage, food, room to stay, and basic services.