The number of indentured servants among immigrants was particularly high in the South.
It would seem he arrived here as an indentured servant.
Johnson himself had arrived in Virginia as an indentured servant.
Large numbers of young men and women came alone, as indentured servants.
The term was also used for many of the indentured servants.
Some black indentured servants, however, went on to patent and buy land.
At age 12 he may not have been a very attractive indentured servant.
It was common for indentured servants to earn their freedom.
He was freed after seven years and became an indentured servant.
As a result, the cost of indentured servants rose substantially.
