indented servants

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


same as Assigned (q.v.) Servants.

1810. `History of New South Wales' (1818), p. 352:

«Public Notice. Secretary's Office, Sydney, July 21, 1810.A ship being daily expected to arrive here from England withfemale convicts, whom it is His Excellency the Governor'sintention to distribute among the settlers, as indentedservants. . . .»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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