Indentured servants were servants who agreed to work as a contracted laborer for agencies like the Virginia or Massachusetts Bay Company for a period of time lasting 4 to 7 years (Outline, pg. 18). The need for indentured servants was borne out of the need for cheap labor and the amount of land that needed care in the American settlements (Indentured Servants in the U.S, n.d). Due to fact that few colonist could finance the cost of passage for themselves or their families to the American Colonies, many of them became indentured servants (Outline, pg.18). Becoming an indentured servant would pay for their passage to the America Colonies, lodging and freedom dues that were given to them at the end of their servitude. Once indentured servants
