Enslaved persons and indentured servants performed most of the labor in the British North American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries. While both slavery and indentured servitude were forms of “unfree labor”, each work system developed differently and defined the legal status of workers accordingly.
Explain the similarities and differences between slavery and indentured servitude. Offer evidence that colonists did not view enslaved Africans and African Americans and white indentured servants as similar before the law.
Your essay should be about 500 words. The prompt will not accept answers shorter than 100 or longer than 1000 words.