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Indentured servants were free, but at the same time they were like slaves, but treated much better. Indentured servants are people wh agree to work for a person for a certain amount of years for pay if the person will bring them to america. They were free becausethey chose to work for the people, and they weren't kidnapped, but they were almost like slaves because when they finished the agreed years, the master would say tey have to pay them for the shelter, clothes, and food they had while they stayed, which in the end made them work longer.

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Who was the colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years?

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