Indentured Servitude and Slavery Indentured servitude and slavery have things in common and different things. They are the same in many ways but they are different in many other ways. Slavery had many different things compared to Indentured Servitude. Slavery kind of disappeared in Western Europe around the 1500s. Only Spain and Portugal still did slavery, and these two countries are the led the slavery from Europe to the New World. Slavery came to North American colonies first in 1619 when black workers were bought by John Rolfe of Jamestown. Indentured servitude had many different things compared to Slavery. They became less trustworthy but more of a expensive source or work which made slaves way more attractive as a loan.
