Slavery has always been a part of human history. in most cases slavery involved a person working off a debt. What is this form of slavery called?

1 Answer
Apr 7, 2017

indentured servants

Explanation:

indentured means in debt. People would " sell" themselves into slavery to pay off a debt. Parents would sell their children into slavery to pay off family debts.

In the early history of the US. poor people would agree to seven years of indentured service in return for someone paying for their passage to America. At the end of the seven years the servants were to be set free and given a parcel of land to farm as their own.

This was mainly the form of slavery permitted in the Hebrew Torah.
This form of slavery allowed people to regain their freedom and dignity.