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Quotes About Indentures

Marathines insisted, with great indignation, that there was no slavery in their country, but I couldn't see any difference to speak of between that and the system of contracts and indentures in the Pharaohlight brothels.
~ Sarah Monette
They are all for the great captain, while he indentures them and eats their souls and property. Somehow he gets them to side against their own.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
In England freed serfs began to lease their own farms or work for wages. The lord made indentures with his workers. The terms of agreement were written twice on a single sheet, one copy for each party; as a check against future forgery, the two parts were cut apart on a jagged line resembling a great bite, hence indenture.
~ Unknown