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Searching For The Reality of Indentured Servitude
By: Sarah Whitaker
In today’s world, when we say indentured servant or slaves, we automatically think of the words: horrible; wrong; or unfair! Well, to many that is what would come to our mind. However for Marcus Jernegan author of The Economic and Social Influence of The Indentured Servant, he thought differently. In this paper I am going to show you two different views of indentured servitude. One might surprise you, and the other you may agree with. First is a man named Marcus Jernegan, who says that it was overall beneficial and helped our economy. The other view is of Robert Divine, author of America Past and Present, who says it was not beneficial. Then I will explore three different sources who will either agree with Jernegan or Divine. These three interpretations will lead to the most reasonable interpretation of Indentured Servitude as we will know it.
In Marcus Jernegan’s article, The Economic and Social Influence of the Indentured Servant, he states that “On the whole, the effects of the institution were beneficial” (Jernegan, 59). He viewed Indentured Servitude as a method that grew the economy of the colonies .The population was growing and laborers were in desperate need. Also the servants in a way protected the growing colonies from resentful Indians, and the French and Spanish. During the 1600’s there was such scarcity of labor, and the growing colonies could not pay wages to servant to crop their fields. Indentures Servitude
was the key! Jernegan writes, ”Socially, the white servant was an important factor in
helping to build up a landed aristocracy in the south, because he made possible the cultivation of extensive areas of land”(Jernegan, 71).
Although Jernegan agrees that the treatment of the Indenture Servants was harsh, he still believes that the outcome was beneficial for the economy. We can see from...
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