Indentured Servants After the Civil War Research Paper

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But, it was an evil system in which "armies of free men, guilty of no crimes and entitled by law to freedom," were contracted to provide labor "without compensation" (Blackmon).

In conclusion, while it is true that the Civil War ended and the Emancipation Proclamation (and the 13th Amendment) supposedly freed the slaves, there was still a dark social policy of indentured servitude, as pointed out in this paper.

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There were also indentured servants like the two girls mentioned in this paper, who were signed over to a man until they reached the age of 18 -- and that, today, seems to be very close to slavery itself.

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