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White Slavery in America The article, “Has the history of Slavery Been Changed,” discusses the slave history in America. Schweitzer claims that in America there were white slaves in addition to black slaves, and these white slaves were in greater number than the latter and they were treated worse than blacks. To support this thesis, Schweitzer provides various evidence as well as statistics about the importation of white slaves from different places at different times. The other evidence he presents of white slavery being more prevalent is that white slaves were prisoners or kidnapped from their homes. Also, they were cheaper compared to black slaves, who had to be transported from a very long distance and were paid for in Africa as well as …show more content…

First, he uses “indentured servitude” and “slavery” synonymously. Indentured servitude refers to a system in which a person agreed to serve another person for free for a certain amount of time in return for the travel expenses to come to the New World and the living expenses while in servitude (Haughton). Indentured servitude was different from slavery in many ways; first, a person served only for a fixed amount of time while slavery was for life. Second, the children born to servants were considered free, while slaves’ children were not, and third, servants upon finishing their service received freedom dues which included money, land, or some goods, while slaves, if managed to get free, did not receive anything for their labors (“For the Better Governing and Regulating White Servants”). This, however, does not mean that servants were not mistreated; high mortality rate, no freedom dues, or an unjust increase of term time for any offense were quite common (Sreenivasan). Moreover, they endured several restrictions as well (Haughton). Another big difference between servitude and slavery was that not all white servants were put into service against their will. Many people entered in hope of a better life since they could not find work in their home country

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