Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

In his first TV interview since becoming mired in scandal over a racist yearbook photo, Gov. Ralph Northam stirred another controversy — this time one dating back 400 years. “Just 90 miles from here ...

Hundreds of years ago, poor immigrants were forced to become indentured servants to repay the cost of their passage to the U.S. by performing years of hard labor. This practice lives on for U.S.

The Wall Street Journal ran a post over the weekend about a new credit crunch among low income borrowers, noting it is now 'payback time.' What they didn't go into is that their primary interviewee is ...

Norfolk, Va. – Historians say they were “shocked” and “mystified” when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wrongly used the term “indentured servants” Sunday in reference to the first Africans to arrive in ...

In an interview aired on Sunday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called slaves "indentured servants" while trying to explain the "difficult week" his state has endured as the result of his blackface ...

If you thought indentured servants went out of fashion with the Revolutionary War, you’re wrong: apparently the practice is alive Why pay wages? Just hold them against their will. If you thought ...

Historians say they were "shocked" and "mystified" when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wrongly used the term "indentured servants" Sunday in reference to the first Africans to arrive in English North ...

Environmentalist: Headline 'inaccurate', was referring to 'other' politicians. April 22, 2009— -- Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today said he was not including President Barack Obama ...

Once again, Virginia’s governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. This time, Gov. Ralph Northam told “CBS This Morning” that slaves who landed on the shores of Virginia ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Italian Consulate employee and his wife have been charged with turning a Brazilian woman into an indentured servant after luring the woman to the United States with ...