In my opinion indentured servitude is not fair. It can be unfair to the people because no matter when they started they are free when they turn 21. The indentured servitude weren’t always treated fairly. Some kids were kidnapped and forced into indentured servitude. Although some kids agreed to it, but they didn’t know the conditions they would be working in. This system wasn’t fair to the for the young children. Older children worked for fewer years than younger children. In the article “Bound For a New Life”, Robert worked for nine years while Sarah worked for eight years. Robert came over when he 12 and Sarah came over when she was 14. They both been free when they are 21.
They were not treated fairly. In the text it stated that Sarah was beaten by the master’s wife. It said, ”His wife was a mean-spirited woman who beat me for the smallest mistake.” The article stated, ”My clothes became ragged my belly was never full.” In the text “Bound for a new life” it says, “I worked from dawn to dark, planting and weeding tobacco.”
Some kids were kidnapped and forced into indentured servitude. One trouble night two men
gabbled me way and then they said “That children like me were a disgrace.” In the text it said to London, that our city was too full of orphans, begging and stealing on the streets.
However, some kids willingly signed up to go to Jamestown. In the article it said that a man offered Sarah a chance to sail to America and the man told her that she needed to work for seven years to pay her sail for America Sarha Agreed to work for her seven years but what she did not know that the conditions she will go to. After Sarah seven years and her conditions Sarha started a new life and Sarha got married and made a farm at Jamestown.
Based on the text, my opinion is that indentured servitude is not fair. The younger a child was, the longer the child work. They weren’t treated well. Some kids were kidnapped and other agreed to do it. Indentured servitude was not fair regardless if they agreed to it or not.