During the early colonial period in the United States, individuals unable to pay for passage to the New World committed to a period of indentured service to the person who paid their debt to the ship captain.

Authors

• Person: David Korten Organization: davidkorten.org
  Systemic Debt Slavery - David Korten

Sources

• Systemic Debt Slavery - David Korten davidkorten.org David Korten · davidkorten.org via serper

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• indentured servitude concept
• U.S. location
• New World location