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.

"If you look at Virginia's history, we're now at the 400-year anniversary – just 90 miles from here, in 1619, the first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores." "Also known as ...

Once again, Virginia’s governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. ... “In 1619, the first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: "We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort, what ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing backlash yet again after he referred to slaves as "indentured servants" in a recent interview.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam referred to slaves as indentured servants while speaking about his blackface scandal on CBS This Morning.. The embattled Democrat, who has faced calls to resign ...

A slave market in Richmond, Virginia, 1861. Public domain. As a result, the working population in late-17th Century Virginia was quite diverse, including white indentured servants, black and ...

Disgraced Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Called Slaves 'Indentured Servants', ... Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: "We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619.

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.

Once again, Virginia’s governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. ... “In 1619, the first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores ...

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 ...