when did indentured servitude end in the us
Indentured servitude in the Americas Indentured servitude appeared in the Americas in the 1620s and remained in use as late as 1917.[8] The causes behind its decline are a contentious domain in economic history.
Slavery in the British and French Caribbean William Wilberforce's Slave Trade Act 1807 abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. It was not until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that the institution finally was abolished, but on a gradual basis.[19] Since slave owners in the various colonies (not only the Caribbean) were losing their unpaid labourers, the government set aside Â£20 million for compensation but it did not offer the former slaves reparations.[20][21]