A big difference between would be that slaves didn 't get to choose whether they wanted to work for a master or not. Indentured servants were more like a business, a negotiation, between two people. While slavery was forced, and people were taken away from their native land never to return, but indentured servants could return to England if they pleased. Slaves didn 't have no freedom, they were property and the offspring of slaves shared the same fate. Indentured servants didn 't remain servants for the rest of their lives, once the contract was over they were free people. They could easily blend in among the colonies, but slaves could not. Since slaves were now more noticeable because of their skin color most slaves who roamed freely would be persecuted. Although some masters would free their slaves, in a couple of years laws would be made to restrict African slaves for fear of a
A big difference between would be that slaves didn 't get to choose whether they wanted to work for a master or not. Indentured servants were more like a business, a negotiation, between two people. While slavery was forced, and people were taken away from their native land never to return, but indentured servants could return to England if they pleased. Slaves didn 't have no freedom, they were property and the offspring of slaves shared the same fate. Indentured servants didn 't remain servants for the rest of their lives, once the contract was over they were free people. They could easily blend in among the colonies, but slaves could not. Since slaves were now more noticeable because of their skin color most slaves who roamed freely would be persecuted. Although some masters would free their slaves, in a couple of years laws would be made to restrict African slaves for fear of a