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Indentured servants in the 17th century and black slaves in the 18th century lived very similar lives. Both people had to endure a treacherous journey to the New World, both were isolated from their families and their loved ones, both were looked at as subhuman ....

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.... way through the voyage, his or her spouse would be forced to serve their dead spouse's servitude in addition to his or her own. If both parents died, their children would be required to work until they were 21. When the boat reached America all servants were forced to stay onboard until they could pay the toll or have a master pay the toll, then they would serve that master for a set number of years (Gottlieb p 30). At this time many families were broken up. No master wanted the sick, so the sick would usually remain onboard until they died. The slave's journey was equally as harsh, if not harsher, than that of the indentured servant. The African ....