The new mill was built between 1807 and 1809 by WIlliam Cooke, who worked for Mercer under an indenture contract.

Men such as Ms grandfather, for example, could be counted on to work for their buyers only until the expiration of their indenture contracts.

After they had filled their indenture contracts, they had to register their own names.

Only alternative is to dissell yourself to the captain for seven years, then hope he can re-sell your indenture contract to some decent gentleman on the other side.

The indenture contract was exploitative, such that historians including Hugh Tinker were to call it "a new system of slavery".

The book tells the tale of how these servants went on to buy out their indenture contracts, creating a white backlash which resulted in lengthening those contracts.

You will continue to perform your duties as stipulated by your indenture contract, which will not be up for renegotiation for another three years, six months, eleven days.

According to tradition, she was working for another family near Warrensburgh when Johnson purchased the remainder of her indenture contract, perhaps initially to have her serve as his housekeeper.

From 1884 onwards, as labourers completed their five-year indenture contracts, Muslim communities began forming in various parts of Fiji.

Some actors in the market attempted to generate incentives for workers by shortening the length of indenture contracts based on the productivity of the prospective emigrant.