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Line 5: Historically, in an [[apprenticeship]], an apprentice worked with no pay for a master [[tradesman]] to learn a [[craft\|trade]] (this was often for a fixed length of time, usually seven years or less). Apprenticeship was not the same as indentureship, although many apprentices were tricked into falling into debt and thus having to indenture themselves for years more to pay off such sums.{{Citation needed\|reason=historical example of apprentices being tricked into indenture\|date=May 2024}} Like any [[loan]], an indenture could be sold;. ~~most~~Most masters had to depend on middlemen or ships masters to recruit and transport the workers, so indentureships were commonly sold by such men to planters or others upon the ships arrival. Like slaves, their price went up or down, depending on supply and demand. When the indenture (loan) was paid off, the worker was free but not always in good health or of sound body. Sometimes they might be given a plot of land or a small sum to buy it, but the land was usually poor. ==The Americas==

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