These indenturedservants were treated as slaves for the period during which they had sold their time to American employers.
这些契约仆人在将自己的时间卖给美国雇主的期间被当作奴隶对待。
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Surprisingly, Bailyn suggests that those who recruited indenturedservants were the driving forces of transatlantic migration.
令人惊讶的是，贝林认为那些雇佣契约仆役的人是跨大西洋移民的驱动力。
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Bailyn's third proposition suggests two general patterns prevailing among the many thousands of migrants: one group came as indenturedservants, another came to acquire land.