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What was an indentured servant in St. Mary’s City?

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The work force was dominated throughout the 1600s by indentured servants, who sold their services for a period of four or more years in exchange for eventual full freedom and the opportunity to claim land. Some indentured servants were of African ancestry, like Mathias de Sousa.

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