the early 1670s as an indentured servant. This meant she had signed a contract agreeing to work for a master for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies. In colonial Maryland, men outnumbered women two to one. Dennis probably hoped
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opportunities for a new life in the English colonies of North America. She decided to take her chances in the New World as an indentured servant. In late 1627, she put on men’s clothing and became Thomas before setting out across the Atlantic Ocean.When Thomas
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until he or she shall attain the age of thirty years,
Any illegitimate mixed-race children will be forced to work as indentured servants for the church until they are 30 years old.
and in case such English woman that shall have such bastard child be a
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’s owner, François, died in 1733, and Thérèse began the complicated process of settling his estate and learning to run his businesses. During this chaotic time, Marie began to openly rebel against her mistress. She started a relationship with an indentured
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Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas, most of the white colonists were young poor people. They arrived as servants indentured to a small community of wealthy people who wanted cheap labor to grow tobacco on their plantations. They came hoping to work their
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