Who is an ‘indentured labourer’?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. A bonded labourer, working to pay off his passage to a new country.
- Indentured labour is a form of contract or bonded labour, in which a person becomes an indentured servant by borrowing money and then voluntarily agreeing to work off the debt during a specified term.
- Many of the white settlers in North America were indentured labours, who agreed to work for someone i.e the purchaser of the indenture, upon arrival to pay for their passage.