Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

IN COMMEMORATING the 165th anniversary of the first indentured workers arriving in their African homes on November 16, 1860, we must acknowledge that this history is far more complex than ordinarily ...

Anthropologist, author, and University of Guyana lecturer Dr. Kumar Mahabir recently presented a research paper at the Anton de Kom University in Suriname on the case for reparations for indentured ...

In 1754 a carpenter named Josiah Halstead purchased the Allen House in Shrewsbury. Shortly thereafter he transformed it into a tavern. At some point, Halstead had indentured servants working for him. ...

A trust indenture is a legal agreement between a bond issuer and a trustee, such as a bank, that outlines the terms of a bond issue. It details the issuer’s responsibilities, the rights of the ...

Bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) have a secured claim only up to the amount of certain funds established under their trust indenture, and an unsecured claim for the ...

IN 1860, the first group of indentured Indian labourers, a total of 342 souls, arrived in Durban aboard the SS Truro to toil as indentured labourers in the sugar cane plantations. Until 1911, over 150 ...