indentured

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.dɛn.t͡ʃɚd/

Adjective

indentured (not comparable)

1. Subject to an indenture.

   indentured servant

   indentured labour

   • 2022, Mary Elise Antoine, Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850‎^[1], Wisconsin Historical Society, →ISBN:

     As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).

Derived terms

• indentured servant

Noun

indentured (plural indentureds)

1. A person who is subject to an indenture.

Verb

indentured

1. simple past and past participle of indenture