Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

But around half - that’s a quarter of a million - were indentured servants. David:I went to Bristol Record Office to find out more. David:The driving force behind this was a commercial company ...

Following the abolition of slavery across the British Empire, Indian indentured labourers provided a cheap source of labour to the government. Many Indians travelled from India to the Caribbean ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.