Indentured Servants and Slaves Many times throughout history the concepts of servitude and slavery are found. In the seventeenth century, indentured servants and slaves proved to be the muscle behind Colonial America and it’s progression. At this time in history, many Europeans, English specifically, were travelling to the New World to start life anew. What these people found when they arrive is that they needed a labor force. The need for labor is what contributed to the development of two types of labor: indentured servitude and slavery. After making the long journey across the Atlantic, weary settlers discovered they had more land than they could take care of themselves. To manage their new homelands they would make arrangements
