redemptioners

Others -- the "redemptioners" -- were men who, in order to pay for their passage to Virginia, agreed to serve the owner or the captain of the ship for a certain time.

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

Dr. Jacobs's suggestion that three congregations of five hundred families each might among them have raised the few hundreds a year required seems reasonable, unless a large number of these were families of redemptioners, that is, for the time, slaves.

A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868

Sometimes they were called redemptioners, because, by their agreement with the master of the vessel, they could redeem themselves from his power by paying their passage; which they frequently effected, by hiring themselves on their arrival, as is before mentioned.

Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829

Sometimes they were called redemptioners, because, by their agreement with the master of the vessel, they could redeem themselves from his power by paying their passage; which they frequently effected, by hiring themselves on their arrival, as is before mentioned.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784

This class of persons called "redemptioners," consisted at one time of thousands.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

This class of persons, called "redemptioners," consisted at one time of thousands.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

This class of persons called "redemptioners," consisted at one time of thousands.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

This class of persons, called "redemptioners," consisted at one time of thousands.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

Although certain of the emigrants were well-to-do, a very great number were "redemptioners" (indentured servants), who in order to pay for their transportation were compelled to pledge themselves to several years of servitude.

The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920

Other immigrants came as bond slaves or "redemptioners" and were not so steadfast in the Faith as Goody Glover.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913