can anyone help me find out what indentured servants wanted in Maryland in the year 1730? Please help. Thanks! ^_^
2007-10-06 06:00:52 · 3 answers · asked by hulastar99 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
What did they want? Their freedom! You can start with the following site:
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.cgi?start_page=131&search_type=basic&db=london2_ind&servant_ln=%25
2007-10-06 06:15:04 · answer #1 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indentured servitude was not slavery.
Indentured servants could: vote, own property, petition for a redress of grievances, and got paid. Indentured servants were asked not to get married during their period of indenture.
Families paid a lot of money to have their sons indentured to a master, that way they could learn a trade and become a higher class citizen than a farmer or farm laborer.
In 1730 Maryland it sounds more like a labor movement than a political one.
2007-10-06 13:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They probably wanted better working/living conditions if not freedom. Indentured servants had to work off their freedom and usually weren't treated any better than slaves.
2007-10-06 13:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by staisil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋