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July 17, 2019page 23 Map of Fishers Island
July 17, 2019page 22 WORKERS IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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WORKERS IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Self-employed worker
A person who worked for himself such as a farmer, merchant, or seamstress.
Indentured worker
A person who agreed to work for a period of time without pay in exchange for room and board or passage to a new country.
Apprentice
A person who agreed to work for a period of time without pay to learn a trade or skill. Parents apprenticed their children to learn a trade.
Slave or enslaved person
A person who was considered the property of an owner and forced by violence and law to work for life without pay.
Child laborer
A person who did the same kind of job grownups did. Children were considered workers just like adults.
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