Talk:Indentured servitude
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Etymology
editIt would be great if the article could explain the origin of the word "indenture" and how it changed its meaning from "toothed". Thank you. Maikel (talk) 08:11, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Maikel - It's due to the toothed edge where an indenture is torn into two (one piece for each party) - It's noted in the linked page Indenture#Historical_usage - Gilgamesh4 (talk) 16:36, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
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Legal status
editIn the U.S... the 13th Amendment carves out a special provision for slavery and involuntary servitude. Rklawton (talk) 03:48, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Thirteenth Amendment
editSection 1
editNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2
editCongress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. I'm also not sure how this fits with mandatory military service (the draft), which is still legal in the U.S. though not implemented beyond registering men on their 18th birthday. Rklawton (talk) 03:47, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Education assignment: Irish Migration in Latin America
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What proportion of immigrants were indentured?
editThe article states that "Between one-half and two-thirds of European immigrants to the American Colonies between the 1630s and the American Revolution came under indentures. However, while almost half the European immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies were indentured servants...".
I'm having trouble reconciling those two statements: "almost half" is less than "between one-half and two-thirds". Later in the same paragraph a number of 48% is cited, which seems surprisingly precise given the broad range in the first statement above.
Am I misreading? Does the article need clarification that sources differ on the actual proportion? Czetie (talk) 13:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC)