While the similarities between indentured servants and slaves are plentiful, such as the conditions of travel and the treatment upon arrival. We mustn’t ignore the differences for example the circumstances of their departure paired with the opportunities available to them in the colonies. This are important because it helped establishing the social/economic hierarchy of the new world.
When examining the traveling conditions of indentured servants to say it was uncomfortable would be a gross understatement. The boats that were used to transfer them were often overcrowded and extremely unhygienic “...during the voyages there is on bboard these ships terrible misery, stench, fumes, horror, vomiting...” (Gottlieb Mittelberger On the Misfortune
When examining the traveling conditions of indentured servants to say it was uncomfortable would be a gross understatement. The boats that were used to transfer them were often overcrowded and extremely unhygienic “...during the voyages there is on bboard these ships terrible misery, stench, fumes, horror, vomiting...” (Gottlieb Mittelberger On the Misfortune