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Two famous bound apprentices were Benjamin Franklin who illegally fled his apprenticeship to his brother, and Andrew Johnson, who later became President of the United States. [26] George Washington used indentured servants; [27] in April 1775, he offered a reward for the return of two runaway white servants. [28]
She was an indentured servant, working for the family as a maid [3] [4] on the same ship as Peter Folger and his parents. [2] Peter Folger paid Hugh Peters the sum of 20 pounds to pay off Mary's servitude, which he declared was the best appropriation of money he had ever made. [5] [4] She married Peter Folger in 1644. [3]
Benjamin Franklin's mother, Abiah, was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on August 15, 1667, to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife, Mary Morrell Folger, a former indentured servant.
The description of Abiah in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is very brief — only two sentences — and has been the focus of recent scholarship. [6] Matthew Garrett wrote that "the Autobiography is perhaps the finest example within the modern narrative tradition of a text that habitually compresses major characters - those, that is, who play integral and significant roles within the plot ...
No. President Approximate number of slaves held While in office? Notes 1st George Washington: 250 [2] – 600 + [3]: Yes (1789–1797) Washington was a major slaveholder before, during, and after his presidency.
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[2] [4] Morrell was an indentured servant and Folger bought her freedom from Hugh Peters for £20. [2] They had nine children by 1669, the last of whom, Abiah Folger, married Josiah Franklin, and was the mother of Benjamin Franklin. [2] At the Vineyard, Folger supported himself by teaching school and surveying land.
Indentured servants could not marry without the permission of their master, were frequently subject to physical punishment, and did not receive legal favor from the courts. Female indentured servants in particular might be raped and/or sexually abused by their masters. If children were produced the labour would be extended by two years. [14]