What is "indentured"

Usage examples of "indentured".

For Arcole it was welcome relief from the tedium of indentured life: as streets of hard-packed dirt were churned to clinging mud, Governor Wyme gave up his sedan chair in favor of his carriage.

To Salvation, where you shall be indentured for the remainder of your life.

He hoped they might be indentured together, when they reached Salvation—if they survived the Sea of Sorrows.

The captain had chuckled and reminded him that such folk as the exile ships carried were all indentured, and did they breed during the voyage, why, their children were born indentured and thus to lifelong service in Salvation.

Perhaps someday there might be even more exiles than Evanderans—more indentured servants than masters.

Two indentured servants would arrive in Salvation crippled, a third not arrive at all.

Those men indentured were easy to identify: all wore the brand upon their cheeks.

It occurred to him that if Gahame took his indentured servants with him when he traveled inland, there might well be opportunity to escape— it might well have served him better had Gahame selected him rather than Davyd.

The indentured folk seemed to him inured to their lot, as likely to rise against their oppressors as sheep against the shepherd.

But if it meant staying with her, both their lives lived out as servants of Andru Wyme, indentured until death freed them, then—he must admit—he was not sure.

Davyd is indentured to 'sieur Gahame, who's a warehouse full of weapons.

Wyme had no interest in his indentured folk save they fail in their duty—and belowstairs Benjamyn was the governor's representative, and no kinder.

Like most of his fellows, Corm had arrived in Salvation confident the land was empty—a vast fallow field for the Autarchy to plow with indentured labor.

Sieur Gahame trusted his indentured folk—what use would they have for such things?

The masters spoke in whispers, but the indentured folk had ears and heard.